Indonesian police have named editor in chief of a leading English-language newspaper a suspect in a blasphemy case after the paper published a cartoon that allegedly insults Islam.
An Islamic group in Jakarta has filed a complaint against the paper, the Jakarta Post.
Jakarta police spokesman Colonel Rikwanto said yesterday that Editor-in-Chief Meidyatama Suryodiningrat was summoned for questioning next week as a suspect in the case.
Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation and its Constitution guarantees freedom of speech. In recent years blasphemy cases have been filed against those seen as offending Islam.
