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Jokowi, police take action over Novel's acid attack: ICW
Indonesia Corruption Watch is urging the government, particularly President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the National Police, to take firm action in responding to the attack against Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator with the Corruption Eradication Commission.
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War against corruption: Novel Baswedan (right), a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator, accompanies the commission's deputy chairman Basaria Panjaitan (center) and Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak (left), the chairman the youth wing of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s second biggest Islamic organization, in a press conference at the antigraft body's headquarters in Jakarta on March 24. (Antara/Puspa Perwitasari)
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ndonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is urging the government, particularly President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and the National Police, to take firm action in responding to the attack against Novel Baswedan, a senior investigator with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
"KPK personnel have several times got attacked. The president and police must take it seriously," ICW coordinator Adnan Topan Husodo said Tuesday in a written statement.
Novel suffered burns to his face from an acid attack by an unidentified person on Tuesday morning.
The person reportedly hurled acid at Novel after the investigator joined a morning prayer in a mosque near his home in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.
He is now receiving intensive medical care in Mitra Keluarga Hospital's emergency room.
Novel is currently leading an investigation into an e-ID embezzlement case, a huge scandal that involves many prominent political figures.
In 2011, Novel participated in the investigation of corruption related to the procurement of driving simulators, which eventually put former police traffic division chief Djoko Susilo behind bars.
"All people must know who is responsible for this attack. The government should protect all people who are working to combat corruption," Adnan said.
(Read also: KPK investigator suffers burns in acid attack)
ICW said that Novel had received several threats and had been attacked in recent years. In a recent incident, he was hit by a car. He was also previously accused of participating in an assault that led to the death of a convict in Bengkulu.
In a hearing of the e-ID case trial on March 30, Novel testified that graft suspect Miryam S. Haryani had told him that five House of Representatives members had threatened the Hanura Party politician so she would not report to the KPK that she and several other politicians had improperly received money from the Rp 5.9 trillion (US$440 million) project.
"This attack is likely related to the investigation of the e-ID graft case and this terrorism is a serious threat to the country's agenda of combatting corruption," Adnan said. (dan)
