Jakarta – At about 10.20am this morning, the Director of the Legal Aid Institute (LBH) in Medan, Irham Buana Nasution, was shot with an arrow while he was parking his car in the backyard of his office. The arrow was a 15 cm piece of iron, which stuck five cm into his leg.

At first, he didn't realize that he had been shot. Staff immediately brought him to Malahayati Hospital in Medan, where he was treated in the emergency ward.

Meanwhile, one of the Irham's relatives, Abdul Haris Nasution, told Tempo at the hospital that Irham recognized the perpetrator. After shooting Irham, his assailant got away by motor cycle followed by a car containing five passengers.

Some of the staff at LBH Medan said that the incident is related to Irham's recent statement about corruption practices in North Sumatra. "Irham Buana suggested that corruption emergency status should be imposed in North Sumatra," said Maya Manurung at the hospital.

At the time of reporting, Irham was still being treated in the hospital's emergency ward, where he was accompanied by reporters and security officials.