A first for Indonesia, ethnic Chinese leader takes charge in the capital


  • World
  • Sunday, 18 May 2014

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's presidential race isn't until July. But there's already one winner.

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known by his nickname "Ahok", has taken over as acting governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta. He is the first ethnic Chinese to do so in a country that is 95 percent native Indonesian and has the world's largest Muslim population.

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