REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA -- The Surabaya Court has found ustaz Alfian Tanjung guilty of hate speech against former Jakarta governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), during a sermon at Mujahidin Mosque, Surabaya.
The panel of judges led by Dedi Fardiman sentenced the cleric to two years in prison for his crime.
“The defendant Alfian Tanjungis proven guilty of committing hate speech," Dedi said on Wednesday (December 13).
The sentence was lighter than that demanded by prosecutors, which was three years of imprisonment.