Indonesia protest: Jakarta anti-governor rally turns violent

Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian, is the first ethnic Chinese to hold the governor's post in the capital of majority Muslim Indonesia. The demonstrators accuse him of having insulted Islam's holy book, the Koran, and want him to be prosecuted. Clashes broke out between police and protesters who refused to disperse. One elderly man died, the Associated Press reports, citing police. Several other people, including police officers, have been injured. The protest was held to demand that Mr Purnama be prosecuted for blasphemy over comments he made in September that were seen as criticising a Koranic verse. He said that Islamic groups using a passage of the Koran to urge people not to support him were deceiving voters, who will go to the polls in February. The verse is interpreted by some as prohibiting Muslims from living under the leadership of a non-Muslim. Mr Purnama has since apologised but formal complaints were lodged against him by Islamic groups for defama...