Baiq Nuril Maknun is not the first — and may not be the last — Indonesian to fall victim to the country’s draconian cyber law, yet she is undoubtedly the first person convicted of defamation on course to being freed by the President.

The West Nusa Tenggara woman will also become the first nonpolitical convict in the country’s history to receive amnesty, which is expected to be handed down by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo through a presidential decree. (Antara/ Puspa Perwitasari)

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(JP/ Ivany Atina Arbi and Ghina Ghaliya)