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It will take luck to find Novel's attackers: Police
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An activist displays a poster that reads, "We fight together with Novel Baswedan” as an expression of support for the senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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ore than a month has passed since Corruption Eradication Commission investigator Novel Baswedan fell victim to an acid attack on April 11 and the police have not found the perpetrators.
National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Setyo Wasisto said they had gathered evidence from the site where the attack occurred and also questioned five people who were previously suspected to be involved in the attack.
All were released because the police did not have enough evidence to detain them.
“No matter how sophisticated [our investigation] is, we cannot just [solve the case] immediately, there’s a luck factor in uncovering a case,” Setyo said on Monday.
Setyo said not all cases could be solve quickly He cited the bomb attack at the Philippine Embassy in 2000 that took three years to solve.
Novel, who underwent eye surgery at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday, was brutally attacked with acid by unidentified assailants near his house in North Jakarta last month after returning to his house following dawn prayer.
It is believed that two perpetrators attacked him while riding a motorcycle.
At the time of the attack, Novel was investigating major corruption cases, including the e-ID case, which implicates dozens of high-ranking politicians. (hol/wit)
