Indonesia's Supreme Court rejects Ahok's blasphemy appeal

FILE PHOTO: Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (L), popularly known as Ahok, speaks to his lawyers after his sentencing during the guilty verdict in his blasphemy trial in Jakarta on May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Bay Ismoyo/Pool/File Photo

JAKARTA: The Supreme Court has rejected former Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's case review petition against his blasphemy conviction, an official with the court has said.

Three judges – Artidjo Alkostar, Salman Luthan and Margiatmo – rejected the former Jakarta governor's challenge against his conviction, which sentenced him to two years in prison.