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Ahok to present more evidence, witnesses at Tuesday’s questioning
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Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama greets his supporters during a campaign session at rumah lembang, Jakarta, Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Ahok's lawyers will present more experts and evidence at a police questioning on Tuesday. (JP/Seto Wardhana)
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akarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama's legal team is preparing to hand over material to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) on Tuesday, a lawyer has said.
Ahok's lawyer Josefina Syukur said that the team had prepared some videos and written statements to be submitted to the police.
She said the team would also call up more experts and eyewitnesses to defend Ahok, who was named a suspect in a blasphemy case on Wednesday.
"We have prepared more experts, comprising religious, linguistic and criminal law experts to defend Ahok. We also plan to add more eyewitness to be questioned by the police as they investigate further,” she told The Jakarta Post on Friday, refusing to reveal the names of the experts.
Police are scheduled to question Ahok for the first time as a suspect in the case on Tuesday.
(Read also: Ahok named suspect in blasphemy case)
Earlier, the team presented 14 experts and seven eyewitness for Ahok, including Jisman Samosir, a legal expert from Parahyangan University; Nur Azis, also a legal expert; Umar Muslim, a linguist from the University of Indonesia; and Sa’dullah Affandy from the country’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama.
There were also three eyewitnesses from Bangka Belitung who made a statement to the police about how people had tried to attack Ahok with the Quranic verse since 2007, when he ran for the position of East Belitung regent, Josefina said. (jun)
