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Indonesian Cleric Gets 4 Years for Lying About Positive COVID-19 Test Result
The effortless jihad of the plague carrier.  [BenarNews] An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced a hardline Islamic holy man to four years in prison for saying he was not infected with COVID-19 after testing positive last November and refusing to give the government access to test results.The ruling by the East Jakarta District Court was its second conviction of Muhammad Rizieq Shihab over pandemic-related offenses in less than a month. Outside the courthouse, hundreds of his supporters clashed with security personnel who tried to disperse them for violating COVID-19 social distancing rules. A three-judge panel said that Rizieq, founder of the banned but influential Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI), had written to a hospital in Bogor, a city near Jakarta, asking it not to disclose information about his condition. Rizieq, a vocal critic of Indonesia’s government, sent the letter as he held gatherings attended by thousands of people upon his return home from Saudi Arabia Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-25 |
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