Ahok's rise has some Chinese-Indonesians worried

Jakarta

IT WAS Chinese New Year, which at Ryan Gozali's household usually involves eating an elaborate banquet while younger relatives are nagged about when they're getting married.

But Mr Gozali, 33 and unmarried, was off the hook this year. The family instead spent New Year's glued to the television, watching Basuki Purnama, Jakarta's ethnically Chinese governor, debating his opponents before the election on Wednesday.