On 17 July 2012, the Indonesian Defense University dismissed one of its non-permanent lecturers, Al Araf, after the media publicized the latter's opinion pieces, which criticized the alleged irregularities in the government's weapon procurement projects. Rector, Lt. Gen. (ret) Syarifuddin Tippe, confirmed that the dismissal had been linked to Al Araf's recent opinion pieces in a number of national newspapers including The Jakarta Post and Kompas dailies. Al Araf is the program director of human rights watchdog Imparsial. He is considered as one of the most prominent young leaders of Indonesian civil society, and he has been at the forefront in criticizing government policies on Papua, procurement programs, intelligence and other topics related to Indonesia's defense sector. His opinion articles are often published by The Jakarta Post and Kompas newspapers. Al Araf has been employed as a non-permanent lecturer at the Indonesian Defense University. After publishing several articles emphasizing peculiarities in the arms procurement procedures, he was suspended from his teaching position at the University.