Novel Baswedan has been staying in Singapore for nine months. This investigator at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) makes frequent trips to the General Hospital near Orchard Road to have his left eye examined. It was completely blinded when an unidentified person threw acid in his face on April 11, 2017. His wife and four children in Jakarta sometimes visit him in Singapore.

He is staying at a rented house not far from the hospital. H