Instead, it may have muddied the waters further, speculating that the attack on Novel might be linked to six high-profile cases involving the investigator, but offering no evidence supporting the links.

The team, formed in January, submitted its final report on Wednesday, and recommended that the police form a new technical team to continue its investigation.

In a press conference at the Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) in South Jakarta, former National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) head Nur Kholis, one of the experts on the team, said it had double-checked the alibis of four witnesses who were previously suspected of being involved in the attack, but did not find "sufficient and definitive evidence" of their involvement.

The attack occurred on April 11, 2017, when two unidentified men threw acid at Novel's face as the investigator was on his way home from morning prayers at a mosque near his house in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.

Nur said the team had suspected that three unidentified individuals – one of whom visited Novel's house on April 5, while two were at the mosque on April 10 – were involved in the attack.

He added it was suspected that the motive behind the attack was retaliation related to high-profile corruption cases that Novel was investigating at the KPK and recommended that the police look into those cases for possible suspects.

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