Basuki arriving at the court for his blasphemy trial on May 9, 2017. - Reuters
JAKARTA: Outgoing Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known by his nickname Ahok, was sentenced to two years' jail on Tuesday.
Basuki, a Christian of Chinese descent, was being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga seen as a test of religious tolerance in the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation.
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