TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Senior investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Novel Baswedan, was reluctant to accept the challenge from the National Police to mention the Police General who was involved in the attack towards him.
"I don't think I am in a position to deliver the name to the public," Novel said on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
Within a year of the attack, the police challenged Novel Baswedan to mention the name of the general who was suspected to be behind the attack.
"Take note, say which general, reveal it, it is worth it, any information from the public or informer, from anywhere to the investigator, reveal it, we will thank you," said Head of Public Information Bureau of Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Mohammad Iqbal.
According to Novel, there is a better place to convey the identity of the general. Novel claimed to have reported it to the investigator, but Novel is reluctant to confirm whether in the report he has mentioned the name of the general.
Novel also claimed that he did not know whether the police have known the name of the general or not.
Novel added that he has filed a report to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) that has set up a monitoring team for the attack case.
"I do not want to convey it [general identity]," Novel said.
In an interview with Tempo on June 2017, Novel said that many people were involved in the attack. The involvement was not separated from the orders of police generals to obscure the facts and evidence of the attack with liquid acid on April 11, 2017.
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