Thursday, 3 November 2016

Indonesia - capital on high alert ahead of anti-governor rally: Al Jazeera English

Published on Nov 3, 2016
The Indonesian capital Jakarta is on high secure alert before a mass demonstration on Friday.

That's after the city’s governor was accused of insulting the Quran.

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, is the first ethnic Chinese and Christian governing the capital in the majority Muslim Indonesia.

He’s popular, and is running for re-election in February, but his ethnic background and religion have been a source of controversy.

Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta.

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