A police officer guards outside East Jakarta District Court during the sentencing trial of Indonesian Islamic cleric Rizieq Shihab in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 27, 2021. - Reuters
JAKARTA (Reuters): An Indonesian court was set to deliver its verdict on Thursday (May 27) in the trial of a hardline Muslim cleric accused of breaching coronavirus curbs and inciting followers to attend mass gatherings after his return last year from self-imposed exile.
A livestream of the court hearing showed Rizieq Shihab, the spiritual leader of an outlawed Islamist vigilante group - the Islamic Defender’s Front (FPI) - dressed in a white tunic, turban and face mask, clutching prayer beads.
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