JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has postponed a trip to Australia due to start Sunday after violence broke out at a mass rally against a Christian governor accused of insulting Islam, the government said. "Current development has required the President to stay in Indonesia," a statement released on Saturday by the foreign ministry said. Widodo visited Australia in 2014 for the G20 shortly after being elected as president, but this month's trip would have marked his first official bilateral visit. The statement added that Widodo had called Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to inform him that the trip, scheduled for 6-8 November, would be delayed. Police said they would be questioning the governor on Monday over the allegations which would be handled "quickly and transparently".

Source: Bangkok Post November 06, 2016 02:31 UTC