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he Supreme Court’s head of legal bureau and public relations Abdullah said former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has filed for a case review via the North Jakarta district court.

“However, the Supreme Court has yet to receive the file,” Abdullah said, as quoted by tempo.co.

Abdullah added that the court document must be submitted through the district court where Ahok was sentenced before being forwarded to the Supreme Court.

Details about the case review proposal will be announced on Feb. 19.

Earlier, a copy of the case review proposal under Ahok’s name went viral among journalists. The document was reportedly submitted to the district court on Feb. 2.

In May, Ahok was sentenced to two years imprisonment by North Jakarta district court for violating Article 156 of the Criminal Code on insulting others.

Initially, the prosecutors built their case against Ahok on the grounds that he had insulted Islam by quoting Surah Al Maidah 51, a Quranic verse often used by certain Muslim conservative groups to urge other Muslims to vote only for political candidates who share the same faith.

But they later admitted they could not prove Ahok had insulted Islam as a whole, but only individual Muslims.