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Novel in good condition despite injuries: Presidential spokesperson
Presidential spokesperson Johan Budi Saptoprabowo said senior Corruption Eradication Commission investigator Novel Baswedan was conscious and able to talk despite injuries he suffered during an acid attack on Tuesday morning.
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KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo (second right) and Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. M. Iriawan (right) visit Novel Baswedan at a hospital in North Jakarta on April 11. (Tribunnews.com/File)
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residential spokesperson Johan Budi Saptoprabowo said senior Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan was conscious and able to talk despite injuries he suffered during an acid attack on Tuesday morning.
Johan was speaking to journalists after he visited the antigraft investigator at Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.
“He’s fine and could talk, but he said his vision in his left eye was blurred. I also observed a lump on the left side of his forehead,” Johan told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday. He said he continued to update President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on the developments in the case.
(Read also: Police begin investigation into acid attack on KPK investigator)
Jokowi said earlier he condemned the violent act. “I have ordered National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian to investigate the perpetrators of the attack,” he said at the State Palace on Tuesday.
The President asked KPK investigators to stay alert and maintain their spirit for eradicating corruption in the country. “Don’t let people with firm principles [like Novel Baswedan] be hurt in inhumane ways. It shouldn’t happen again in the future,” said Jokowi.
Novel suffered burns from an acid attack perpetrated by unidentified persons when he was walking home after he performed morning prayers in a mosque near his house in Kelapa Gading, on Tuesday. The police are still investigating the perpetrators and the motives behind the attack.
Separately, National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said the police would handle the case. “The police are collecting statements from witnesses and information related to the chemical substance,” Boy told journalists on Tuesday. (hol/mrc/ebf)
