For his part, the president on Tuesday urged the public to respect the verdict, as well as Purnama's plan to appeal. "The government cannot intervene in legal processes."
Source/Credit: Netral News
By Netral News | May 11, 2017
JAKARTA - The surprise two-year prison sentence handed down on Tuesday to Jakarta Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy against Islam has drawn international condemnation -- and sparked concern over the state of religious tolerance in the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Indonesia, where most of the population practices moderate forms of Islam, is often hailed as an example of how the faith can coexist with democracy. But the conviction and imprisonment of the ethnic-Chinese Christian Purnama, better known by the nickname Ahok, is causing many to question that statement.
The sentence, which was harsher than what prosecutors had sought, came despite "evidence that his words were manipulated for political purposes," London-based Amnesty International said in a statement. "The verdict will tarnish Indonesia's reputation as a tolerant nation."
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