“This is a brutal attack and I strongly condemn it. I order the National Police Chief [Gen. Tito Karnavian] to find the perpetrators,” Jokowi told reporters at the State Palace on Tuesday.

Jokowi expressed his condemnation after inaugurating Saldi Isra, a law professor from Andalas University, as the new Constitutional Court justice.

Novel suffered severe burns when he was hit in the face with acid on his way home after he performed morning prayers at a mosque near his house in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, on Tuesday.

He is currently receiving medical treatment in Mitra Keluarga Hospital in Kelapa Gading. Hydrochloric acid was splashed onto Novel’s face, but he remained conscious after the incident.

Jokowi said that Novel was a KPK investigator who had good integrity and thus he did not want to see similar incidents in the future.

“Don’t let people like [Novel] who have strong principles get hurt in inhumane ways. [The attack] must not take place again in the future,” the President said.

Jokowi further said that other KPK investigators should not be discouraged by the attack, and he urged them to continue their jobs as usual to crackdown on corruption in the country.

“Go ahead, continue working as usual, and the attack will be handled by the police,” Jokowi said.

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