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“I hope with this incident, your spirit will not go weak.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

They are the words of a senior Indonesian<\/a> anti-corruption investigator who was the victim of a brazen acid attack in Jakarta<\/a> earlier this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Novel Baswedan<\/a> paid a high price for pursuing Indonesia’s corrupt.<\/p>\n

Returning home from dawn prayers one morning in April he was attacked with acid, causing severe damage to both his eyes.<\/p>\n

From Singapore<\/a>, where he has been receiving treatment to restore his sight, he has now released a YouTube message calling for the fight against corruption to continue.<\/p>\n

“I want to motivate you all, I hope with this incident, your spirit would not go weak,” he said in the clip.<\/p>\n

“And to those people who hope that by attacking me, it would bury and stop my effort to eradicate corruption, I want to show them their hope is wasted and useless.”<\/p>\n

Mr Baswedan is a senior investigator at the Corruption Eradication Commission<\/a>, known as the KPK<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He still requires further surgery on his eyes.<\/p>\n

“About my eyes, they are still in the healing process, especially my left eye, which still needs some time to heal, and needs surgery so it can function well.”<\/p>\n

Four people were held and questioned by police in relation to the acid attack, but have since be released.<\/p>\n

Mr Baswedan has suggested a high-ranking police officer is behind the attack, although police have since warned him against making public comments about potential culprits.<\/p>\n

The senior investigator was working on a number of high-profile graft cases before the attack, including an investigation into an electronic identification card in which the House of Representatives<\/a> speaker Setya Novato<\/a> has also been implicated.<\/p>\n

“This is to motivate us all,” Mr Baswedan said.<\/p>\n

“We are hoping that going forward we would grow stronger and pay more attention to the interests of the nation and the public.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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