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After initially proceeding peacefully, the massive street protest on Saturday organized by Muslim groups demanding the imprisonment of incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama ended in violence directed against members of the media.
The leader of a conservative Muslim group that has organized two rallies demanding the prosecution of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has ignored a police summons scheduled for Wednesday to probe the rally’s funding.
Many probably do not realize that Tito has practically become the country’s second-most powerful man after Jokowi, and firebrand Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab deserves the biggest credit for Tito’s political fortune.
Witnesses summoned on Wednesday to testify about treason allegations implicating some political activists, including Sri Bintang Pamungkas and Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's first president, denied accusations that they planned to commit treason.
Police confiscated several pieces of evidence during a search operation at the private residence of Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Sukarno, the country’s first president, on Jl. Jatipadang, Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta, on Thursday morning.
Treason suspect Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of the country’s first president Sukarno, has denied the police’s accusation that she had organized meetings in her house with the agenda of committing treason on Dec. 2.
The mass rallies on Nov. 4 and Dec. 2 to protest Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s allegedly blasphemous statement will not win the hard-line Islam Defenders Front (FPI) more supporters, an expert has said.
The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said Tuesday it had prepared a team of 13 state prosecutors from different backgrounds of faith to prepare for the indictment in the blasphemy case implicating non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
