WASHINGTON – The release of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the former governor of Jakarta, after serving most of a two-year sentence for blasphemy, is focusing attention on the law that brought down the popular politician best known as Ahok. Ahok, an ethnic Chinese Christian in a Muslim-majority nation, was found guilty of blasphemy by the North […]

Jakarta – Setelah menjalani hukuman penjara selama satu tahun delapan bulan 15 hari karena divonis bersalah dalam kasus penodaan agama, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok hari Kamis (24/1) menghirup udara bebas. Ahok divonis hukuman dua tahun penjara oleh hakim Pengadilan Negeri Jakarta Utara pada 9 Mei 2017 karena memenuhi unsur pasal 156a KUHPidana yang bersumber […]