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KPK investigator suffers burns in acid attack
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Staying firm: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan (left) gets prepared to give testimony in the e-ID graft case trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court on March 27. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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ovel Baswedan, a senior investigator with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), was rushed to a hospital emergency room after he suffered burns to his face from an acid attack on Tuesday morning.
An unidentified person reportedly hurled acid at Novel after the investigator joined a morning prayer in a mosque near his home in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.
Novel's wife, Emil, said her husband was currently receiving intensive care in Mitra Keluarga Hospital's emergency room. As quoted by tempo.com, Emil said she found out about the attack when her neighbors called her.
Novel, who is investigating an e-ID embezzlement case and has been previously involved in the investigation of corruption related to a driving simulator procurement project in 2011, has reportedly received several threats and has 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. (hol/ebf)
