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View all search resultsJakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said thousands of police officers, supported by Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) members had been deployed to secure 26 locations across the city.
As a former president and political elite, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should have used his influence to maintain peace instead of conveying “defensive statements” to deny being behind a planned Nov. 4 rally, prodemocracy activists have said.
The Inter-Religious Harmony Forum (FKUB) in Central Sulawesi has agreed to allow law enforcement authorities to solve the issue of inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s alleged blasphemous remarks, in a six-point agreement signed on Thursday.
More than 200 people have already gathered at the headquarters of the hardline group the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in Petamburan, West Jakarta, for Friday's mass rally to demand that incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama be charged for his allegedly blasphemous remarks.
Some Jakarta citizens said they would take precautions by staying away from the mass rally involving Muslim hardliners who plan to flock the capital on Friday to demand immediate incarceration of incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy.
The Indonesian Ulema Council's (MUI) Central Java chapter and the Central Java Police have called on all residents of the province to not participate in a massive rally planned for Nov. 4 by a number of Islamic organizations against inactive Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
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