Guilty, but Not as Charged
The North Jakarta District Court found Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama guilty of blasphemy against Islam and sentenced him to two years in prison on Tuesday morning (09/05), despite the prosecutors' recommended sentence of two years' probation on a lesser charge.
The governor said immediately after his sentence was handed down that he will appeal the guilty verdict.
He was immediately taken in a "Barracuda," a police armored vehicle, to begin his sentence at Cipinang Prison in East Jakarta.
Around 300 of his supporters greeted him at the prison. They have planned a series of events on Tuesday and Wednesday to protest the verdict against the Chinese Christian governor.
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