TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Anies urges law enforcers stay independent in Ahok case
Change Size
Jakarta governor candidate Anies Baswedan inspects garbage piling up on a riverbank in the Kebon Bawang area of North Jakarta. Anies hoped police could remain independent after naming Ahok a suspect in a blasphemy case. (Antara Photo/M Agung Rajasa)
J
akarta governor candidate Anies Baswedan said he hoped law enforcers would remain independent after having named Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama a suspect in a blasphemy case.
“Let the legal process run. We just expect the supremacy of law to be maintained. The police should keep their independence,” Anies said on Wednesday after meeting residents in Lubang Buaya area, East Jakarta as reported by kompas.com.
He said the case implicating Ahok in blasphemy had nothing to do with him, saying that it is purely a legal process.
"It’s a legal case. It has no relevance to me,” the former minster of education and culture said.
Police named Ahok a suspect after conducting a case screening on Tuesday.
Ahok, a Christian of Chinese descent, sparked outrage among some Muslims because of remarks he made during a visit to the Thousand Islands last month about how some people were misusing a verse from the Quran to tell voters not to support him.
Thousands of Muslim conservatives staged a rally in front of State Palace on Nov. 4 to demand the government prosecute Ahok. The rally ended in violence when several police cars were set on fire. (jun)
