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Police believe new witness can provide fuller picture of Novel’s assailant
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Under attack: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan sits in a wheelchair and greets reporters at a hospital in North Jakarta on April 11. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)
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he National Police are hoping that the help of a key witness to the acid attack against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan will reveal the real perpetrators behind the heinous crime.
National Police spokesperson Insp.Gen. Setyo Wasisto said investigators still needed to probe further into the testimony of the witness, who they believe will be helpful in uncovering Novel’s attacker.
Setyo has refused to reveal the identity of the witness.
He believes the witness can describe the physical characteristics of the perpetrator, who remains unknown. The witness directly saw the attack committed against Novel on April 11.
“[The testimony] will be followed up by the National Police’s Inafis [Indonesia Automatic Fingerprint Identification System] personnel to sketch what the face of the perpetrator might look like,” Setyo said as quoted by Kompas.com on Wednesday.
“From the sketch, we might get a fuller picture [of the perpetrator],” he added.
National Police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian earlier said there was a new witness who had directly observed the acid attack against Novel. The key witness is now under the police protection for safety reasons. (afr/ebf)
