Indonesian woman jailed for two years after eating pork in TikTok video

An unidentified relative hugs Lina Lutfiawati, centre, after her trial (Mohammad Fadli/AP)
An unidentified relative hugs Lina Lutfiawati, centre, after her trial (Mohammad Fadli/AP)

A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork — considered forbidden in Islam — on a TikTok video.

Judges at Palembang court in South Sumatra province also ordered Lina Lutfiawati to pay a fine of 250 million rupiah (£13,000) in their blasphemy trial verdict.

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