Clashes as Indonesia jails hardline cleric over virus lies
Rizieq Shihab was handed a four-year jail term for claiming in a viral video that he was healthy, despite knowing that test results showed he may have been infected with Covid-19.
Indonesia jails hardline cleric for flouting pandemic curbs with mass events
Some 3,000 police officers were deployed to guard the courthouse in East Jakarta ahead of the verdict.
Indonesia arrests firebrand Islamist cleric over virus rule breaches
Rizieq Shihab was welcomed by tens of thousands of followers at Jakarta airport on his return from exile last month, in violation of a Covid-19 ban on gatherings.
