TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The acid attack on anti-corruption crusader Novel Baswedan, who is currently investigating the massive Rp2.3 trillion manipulation of the government’s electronic ID card project, was a cowardly and despicable act.
Given that corruption cases involve people from government, the legislature, and the police, anyone could have done the dastardly deed.
This will be quite a mission for Police Chief Tito Karnavian, who has been instructed by President Joko Widodo to spare no effort at catching the attackers.
“This is a brutal act that must be condemned,” said the President, as reported by Koran Tempo. Like a modern-day Don Quixote fighting an impossible mission, Novel is ready to rejoin his team at the KPK, which is the real target of the terror campaign against anti-corruption.
YULI ISMARTONO