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Prosecutors urge judges to dismiss Ahok's refutation
Prosecutors have urged judges to reject the refutation of charges delivered by Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his lawyers in the first hearing of his blasphemy trial.
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This way please - Jakarta Governor Basuki 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama (center) listens to a police officer about a plan to leave the North Jakarta District Court as protesters rally outside the court in Jakarta on Dec. 20. Ahok is on trial for blasphemy following his remark about a passage in the Quran that could be interpreted as prohibiting Muslims from accepting non-Muslims as leaders. (Pool Photo via AP/Adek Berry)
Prosecutors have urged judges to reject the refutation of charges delivered by Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and his lawyers in the first hearing of his blasphemy trial.
"The conveyed refutation was not based on the law and should be rejected," prosecutor Ali Mukartono said at Ahok’s second hearing at the North Jakarta District Court on Tuesday.
(Read also: Pro-Muslim programs cannot free Ahok from blasphemy charges: Prosecutors)
Today’s hearing heard the prosecutors' response to Ahok's refutation conveyed in his first hearing on Dec. 13.
Prosecutors said they rejected all of Ahok's and his lawyers' arguments and reasserted that Ahok had committed blasphemy in a remark on Surah Al Maidah, verse 51 of the Quran, during a work visit to Thousand Islands in late September.
Ali added that he hoped the judges would find that the prosecutor’s indictment against Ahok was legally acceptable.
Presiding judge Dwiarso Budi Santiarto decided to adjourn the trial until Dec. 27 with the agenda of reading the judges' interlocutory decision regarding Ahok's refutation. (dmr)
