Ahok calls on supporters to leave detention centre, says he is safe

Supporters of jailed Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama cry after the North Jakarta District Court sentenced him to two years in prison for blasphemy in his final hearing on May 9. - The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network

JAKARTA: Jailed Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has asked his supporters, who gathered in front of the National Police’s Mobile Brigade (Brimob) detention centre in Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java, to disperse, saying that he is fine and safe inside the facility. 

Ahok conveyed his message through a loudspeaker, which was connected to the room where he was being detained.