The attack left Novel Baswedan blind in one eye
Two Indonesian policemen have been jailed over an acid attack on a prominent anti-corruption investigator.
The attack on Novel Baswedan three years ago left him blind in one eye, and is suspected to be connected to corruption cases he was working on.
The officers were arrested after President Joko Widodo ordered the case re-opened.
But the victim’s lawyer said the sentences – two years and one-and-a-half years – were too short.
During the attack, Rahmat Kadir Mahulette threw acid at Mr Baswedan, while riding a motorcycle driven by his colleague Ronny Bugis.
Mahulette was jailed for two years, while Bugis was jailed for one-and-a-half years.
His lawyer, Muhammad Isnur, told BBC Indonesia that the sentence was “heartbreaking”.
“The verdict is proof of the level of injustice [against Mr Baswedan] and the level of impunity for those who carried it out, it will do nothing to prevent the perpetrators from carrying out such crimes again,” he said.
The sentences were longer than the one year term that prosecutors had sought for the attack.
Speaking ahead of the verdict, Mr Baswedan told BBC Indonesia that he had “forgiven the perpetrators”.
“I have accepted what happened to me so I still have the spirit and the passion to keep fighting against corruption.”(BBC)
