REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- National Police chief Tito Karnavian will meet President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to report the update on Novel Baswedan case in the next couple of days. Tito always convey development of the case to the president, National Police spokesman, Setyo Wasisto said.

Setyo said the establishment of joint fact-finding team (TGPF) would not be needed to solve Novel's case. He believed the police could handle the case. 

"The investigators are still working on the case. If there is an information, just let us know. TGPF eventually will work on law enforcement, right?" he said at National Police headquarters, Jakarta, on Friday.

Also read: Police deny rumor claiming Novel Baswedan's BAP missing

Novel's case has not been solved for 10 months. The evidences have not bring the case into light. The police even have asked Australian police's assistance in solving the case.

Baswedan, a 40-year-old retired police officer, had joined the anti-graft agency in 2007 and has been frequently terrorized and attacked since then.

In 2012, his motorcycle was seriously damaged after being attacked by supporters of convicted Amran Batalipu, a former district head of Buol in Central Sulawesi Province.

Since 2012, he had also been criminalized; and in 2015, he as named a suspect in a case of maltreatment that had occurred in Bengkulu in 2004 when his subordinates had arrested several swallow nest thieves. Baswedan was head of the Bengkulu Polices criminal investigation unit at that time.

In 2016, Baswedan's motorcycle was hit by a car while driving to the KPK building.

On April 11, 2017, Baswedan was fatally attacked by two motorcyclists who hurled acid on his face that injured his eyes, particularly the left eye, while he was heading home after performing Fajr, or the Dawn prayer, at a mosque nearby.

Ikuti Whatsapp Channel Republika