Thousands of Indonesians join protest in Jakarta
More than 100,000 conservative Muslims in Indonesia joined a protest on December 2 against Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.
The first protest on November 4 drew about 50,000 people, and it turned into a clash when demonstrators set fire to police cars and threw bottles in the city’s centre. At least three police cars were burnt while one person was killed and dozens of people were injured, including police officers.
Purnama is the first Christian to be the Governor of Jakarta, the capital city of the Muslim-majority country.