Prof Denny Indrayana, on the Law & Ahok Case

Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne Professor Denny Indrayana, former Vice Minister of Law and Human Rights, and Special Advisor for Legal Affairs, Human Rights and Anticorruption to President Yudhoyono, who is also a Professor of Constitutional Law at the Law Faculty at the University of Gajah Mada, discusses the legal framework of the case that has been brought against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok).

Prof Denny Indrayana at the Seminar on Corruption in Politics in Indonesia and Aust at MELU, 23 Aug2016 Source: SBS Indonesian

How valid are the items of evidence used to charge Ahok? Are there problems with the precision of the blasphemy law in Indonesia? Why has there been an increase in blasphemy cases in recent year? Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne Professor Denny Indrayana, addresses these and related questions.