'Light' sentence urged for Jakarta Governor Ahok in blasphemy case
Friday 21 April 2017 12:19 CEST
Prosecutors in Indonesia are demanding the outgoing Christian governor of Jakarta be given a suspended one-year prison sentence for blasphemy.
Basuki Tjahaya Purnama - better known as Ahok - has another six months left in office after failing in his re-election bid.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta.
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