TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian National Police challenged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan to reveal the identity of the police general claimed to be the mastermind behind the acid attack carried out against him.
"Take note of this, tell us who the general is and reveal it. That is valuable information. Police investigators are open to this and we will thank you for revealing it," said Indonesian National Police Spokesman Brigadier General Mohammad Iqbal at the South Jakarta Metro Police headquarters on Tuesday, April 11, 2018.
Today marks a full year of the day Novel Baswedan was attacked by two unknown men when the KPK investigator was walking home from a Mosque near his house in North Jakarta. Novel was sprayed with H2SO4 liquid acid on April 11, 2017, which damaged both of his eyes.
Furthermore, Iqbal reminded anyone, including Novel, who has information regarding the case to immediately report to the police. Iqbal guaranteed that police investigator will act assertively against anyone that is proven guilty, even if it was a police general.
"We hold close the principle of equality before the law, [against] anyone, we will not cover-up anything," said Iqbal.
Police have yet to solve the case because of their inability to identify the two suspects that carried out the attack against Novel Baswedan. The Jakarta Metro Police have questioned 68 witnesses and studied 38 CCTV recordings and also probed 109 chemical stores that are located in Jakarta.
ANDITA RAHMA
