The Strange Prison Sentence for Basuki

BASUKI 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, the former Jakarta governor, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in prison, citing Article 156a of the Criminal Code. The charge of blasphemy came from a speech he made when he was campaigning for re-election at the Thousand Islands, on September last year. The court also ordered him to be detained immediately.

May 23, 2017

The panel of judges found Basuki Tjahaja Purnama guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to prison. Do you believe that the judges made the right verdict?
Yes
	55.3%	3.070
Unsure
	3.9%	219
No
	40.7%	2.261
Total	(100%)	5.550

BASUKI 'Ahok' Tjahaja Purnama, the former Jakarta governor, was found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in prison, citing Article 156a of the Criminal Code. The charge o

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