'Light' sentence urged for Jakarta Governor Ahok in blasphemy case

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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