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Novel Baswedan will not back down despite attack
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An activist displays a poster stating, “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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ovel Baswedan, a senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), has stated that he will not back down despite the attack, which wounded his eyes.
“I am going to prove that the hopes of the people who want to stop my steps in eradicating corruption are in vain and useless,” he said on Monday.
Novel said the accident would not weaken his determination to eradicate corruption. “This accident will boost my spirits instead.”
Novel is currently undergoing treatment in Singapore to heal his eyes, which were wounded after a stranger threw acid at his face on April 11.
“The process to heal my eyes, particularly the left one needs more time because more stages of surgery are needed to return its function,” he said.
KPK commissioner Laode Muhammad Syarif said the commission was ready to assist the police in investigating the attack.
“The team from KPK is ready to accompany the team from them [police] to Singapore to meet Novel,” he told The Jakarta Post. (kuk/ecn)
