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KPK workers' union condemns acid attack on Novel Baswedan
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Hold firm: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan (left) prepares to give testimony in the e-ID case at the Jakarta Corruption Court on March 27. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) workers’ union released a statement on Tuesday condemning the acid attack against its chairman Novel Baswedan.
Novel was attacked by unidentified individuals on his way home from morning prayers at a mosque near his house in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, on Tuesday morning.
“We strongly condemn this barbaric act, which is a form of terror and an effort to weaken the KPK,” the statement said.
(Read also: Police begin investigation into acid attack on KPK investigator)
Novel graduated from the Police Academy in 1998 and promptly joined the Bengkulu Police Resort, where he rose up through the ranks until he was appointed head of the criminal investigation department (Kasatreskrim).
He served at the Bengkulu Police Resort for nine years before he was called to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) in 2005. Novel then joined the KPK in 2014 after 16 years of service as a police officer.
As an anti-graft investigator with a police background, Novel was firm in investigating officers who were above his rank in the police. He was widely praised for his investigation into the driving simulator graft case in 2012, which implicated Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo, a former national traffic police commander.
Novel was also credited with playing a significant part in the apprehension of Hambalang sports complex graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin after the latter attempted to avoid prosecution by hiding in Cartagena, Colombia.
Novel is currently a leading KPK investigator in the e-id case, which allegedly implicates several members of the House of Representatives and high-ranking government officials. (mrc/dan)
