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Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar
Indonesian activist and politician (born 1998) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Teuku Wariza Aris Munandar (born 15 October 1998), also known as T. Warija Arismunandar, is an Indonesian activist and politician. He is the administrator of Gerindra Party and is known as leader of the Banda Aceh anti-Rohingya protest in December 2023.
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Early life
Munandar was born on 15 October 1998 in Gampong Baru, Pasie Raja District. He was the eldest child of Fauziah and Teuku Rusli, a driver.[1][2] In 2010, during his time as junior school student at SD Teupin Gajah in Pasi Raja, Munandar took second place in the Al-Qur'an educational playground level speech competition.[2] On 12 March 2012, he won a speech competition at the children's level and won the overall champion at the student level from three districts.[2]
As of December 2023, he was a student at Al-Washliyah University in Banda Aceh.[1] Munandar joined the Gerindra Party by joining Hadi Surya Youth Front.[3] On 31 March 2022, he was arrested in Jeulingke Village, Syiah Kuala Regency on charges of consuming methamphetamine, and was sentenced to two years in prison in September 2022.[1] By the time of the Banda Aceh anti-Rohingya protest in December 2023, he had been released.[1]
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Anti-Rohingya protest
On 27 December 2023, Munandar led hundreds of university students in Aceh, Indonesia, representing the Nusantara Student Executive Board to protest and demand the deportation of 137 Rohingya refugees from shelters at Meuseraya Aceh Hall in Banda Aceh.[4] He and other rioters stormed the shelter and forcibly moved the refugees to the Aceh Ministry of Law and Human Rights Office.[5]
The protest was covered by international media. Al Jazeera described the riot as the latest acts of discrimination against Myanmar's minority groups who are experiencing persecution. The Associated Press characterized it as a harsh act of hostility.[6] On 28 December, when his action was publicly linked with the Gerindra Party, Munandar denied it and said that the action was purely based on the results of joint deliberations with the student president.[who?][7] On 29 December, he forcibly moved the refugees again, this time back to Meuseraya Aceh Hall, due to the lack of proper facilities at the Ministry.[8]
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