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Bogor residents take part in anti-Ahok rally
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Hundreds of people from Bogor, West Java, wait for a train to transport them to Jakarta, where they will take part in the anti-Ahok mass rally. (JP/Dandy Koswaraputra)
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undreds of people from Bogor, West Java, will participate in a large-scale rally in the capital, in which they will demand the arrest of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy allegations.
“We are taking part in the rally aimed to push the police and government to take Ahok to court,” Nina Supartini told The Jakarta Post before departing for Jakarta by train.
Nina, among protesters who will carry a banner bearing the slogan “Turn Back Ahok”, said she did not want to get involved with politics and was only protesting to protect Islam and the dignity of Muslims.
An officer at Bogor Station said people had been gradually coming through the station since 6 a.m. and that most of them were female.
The Bogor Police headquarters deployed 100 personnel to guard public areas and control the movement of people at the station.
“We want to secure everything and make sure public activities run as usual,” Police commissioner Adj. Nur Arifin said.
(Read also: Police focus security in 26 spots across city)
Ahok sparked uproar among Islamic groups and communities after he made a comment on verses in the Quran during his visit to Thousand Islands regency in late September.
Following the dissemination of a video of Ahok making the statement, secretary- general of the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI), Novel Chaidir Hasan, filed a report against him with the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) last week on allegations of religious blasphemy. (dan)
