JAKARTA. The National Police’s (Polri) inability to complete their investigation into Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan’s acid attack has triggered speculation about possible attempts of certain interest groups to interfere with the case. Former Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Haris Azhar said it was unlikely that Polri was unable to uncover both the motive and the perpetrators of the attack. Instead, it was the police’s willingness to pursue the case that should be questioned, he added. Haris claimed that based on information he had received, there had been a battle of interests among parties inside the Polri that had slowed down the investigation into Novel’s attack.
'Interest groups have played with Novel's case'
JAKARTA. The National Police’s (Polri) inability to complete their investigation into Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan’s acid attack has triggered speculation about possible attempts of certain interest groups to interfere with the case. Former Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Haris Azhar said it was unlikely that Polri was unable to uncover both the motive and the perpetrators of the attack. Instead, it was the police’s willingness to pursue the case that should be questioned, he added. Haris claimed that based on information he had received, there had been a battle of interests among parties inside the Polri that had slowed down the investigation into Novel’s attack.