Ahok Requests Not to be Accompanied by Lawyers Upon Release
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24 January 2019 08:13 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama (BTP) is scheduled to walk free from the Police Mobile Brigade Detention Facility (Mako Brimob) and directly head home to his personal residence in North Jakarta.
His legal attorney Teguh Samudera said to Tempo that Ahok will be picked up from prison by family members that are yet to be unknown.
“Pak Ahok requested not to be accompanied by his lawyer,” said Teguh yesterday.
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Furthermore, Ahok’s administration upon his release will be processed at the Cipinang Penitentiary to sign legal documents.
“When he was detained it was from Cipinang to Mako Brimob, but now it’s the other way around,” said Teguh who also reminded his followers not to hold any events to pick up the former governor from prison, which is based on Ahok’s personal request.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (BTP / Ahok) will walk free today on the 24th of January spending over one and a half years behind bars for blasphemy.
IRSYAN HASYIM