JAKARTA: Jakarta's Christian governor was formally named a suspect in a blasphemy investigation Wednesday, after allegations that he insulted Islam sparked a violent mass protest by Muslim hardliners in the Indonesian capital.
Police said the allegations against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who is also the first member of Indonesia's ethnic Chinese minority to lead Jakarta, should go to trial and ordered him not to leave the country.
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