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Jakarta's Governor Ahok on trial for blasphemy

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Asuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok, is the Christian and ethnic-Chinese governor of Jakarta. His trial for blasphemy began two weeks ago for disputing an interpretation of the Koran.

Jakarta's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama during his blasphemy trial at the auditorium of the Agriculture Ministry in Jakarta on January 3, 2017
Jakarta's Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama during his blasphemy trial at the auditorium of the Agriculture Ministry in Jakarta on January 3, 2017 Reuters/Dharma Wijayanto/Pool
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Rights campaigners say that Ahok’s case is just a high profile example of a growing wave of intolerance observed in Indonesia over the last 15 years.

Jack Hewson has this report from Jakarta, Indonesia.

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