Jakarta: A former University of Indonesia (UI) philosophy lecturer who was accused of blasphemy for referring to holy books as “fiction” faced five hours of questioning during which he was asked to explain the meaning of “fiction”.
Rocky Gerung, an outspoken government critic, made the remark during a TV talk show last year and was only recently summonsed by the Jakarta Police for questioning.
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