Jakarta: The North Jakarta District Court rejected Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama’s refutation of the prosecutors’ indictment during the latest hearing of his blasphemy trial.
Reading out the courts interlocutory decision, presiding judge Dwiarso Budi Santiarto said all arguments conveyed by the governor – better known as Ahok – in the refutation, in which he stated that he never intended to insult Islam, the Quran and ulamas, were core parts of the indictment.
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