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View all search resultsPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on residents of Jakarta and its surrounding cities to go to work and school as usual on Friday, despite the massive demonstration against Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama planned for that day.
Human rights watchdog the Setara Institute has said Islam Defenders Front (FPI) chairman Habib Rizieq Shihab does not have the religious authority to make expert comments on the alleged defamation case against Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahja Purnama.
The Jakarta Police are preparing to reroute traffic in six locations in anticipation of traffic congestion that may occur during a demonstration organized by several Muslim organizations on Friday against Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama.
Commuter trains serving the Greater Jakarta area will continue to operate at all stations on Friday with thousands of people set to take part in a mass rally in the capital city that day against Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, the area's train management confirmed.
Islamic organizations in Makassar, South Sulawesi, are set to hold a rally on Nov. 4 against religious defamation allegedly committed by inactive Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama. A large-scale rally is also expected in Jakarta on the same day.
Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma’ruf Amin said on Tuesday that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo had ordered the National Police to investigate reports made by several religious organizations that claim Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama committed religious defamation.
Incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has claimed that the religious defamation accusations against him have ended, especially after he clarified himself to the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) on Oct. 24.
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama visited the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department’s (Bareskrim) headquarters in Gambir, Central Jakarta, on Monday as he wanted police investigators to question him in relation to religious defamation allegations against him.
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