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He is/was a very popular mayor for Jakarta. Brash, intelligent but spoke his mind. He fell into that classic political bear trap that many before him have followed...never get get involved with comments relating to the koran in a muslim country.
To be fair, he did little wrong given what his opponents were doing; telling muslim voters they should not/could not vote for a non muslim mayor.
If he had kept his mouth shut, the issue would have passed over and he probably, in hindsight would still have won the elections.
Anyways....
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