JAKARTA,May17(APD)–IndonesianleadersinitiatedstepsinabidtoendsocialfrictionandtensionamongthesocietyfollowingtheimprisonmentofChristianex-JakartagovernorBasukiT
Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has apologised to victims affected by flooding in the capital this week and promised to continue a project aimed at preventing it from happening again.
Tens of millions of Indonesians head to the polls on Wednesday (Feb 15) in local elections across the Muslim-majority country, with bitter feuding over the powerful post of Jakarta governor stoking political and religious tensions.
The media was locked out yesterday on the first day of the blasphemy trial of Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.