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View all search resultsSix Kanjuruhan suspects charged with negligence causing death, bodily harm
On Thursday evening in Malang, National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo announced that the police had named six suspects following the fatal stampede on Saturday at Kanjuruhan Stadium, one of the world’s worst soccer stadium disasters in recent decades.
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A cloud of tear gas rises over the stands at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, after the match between home team Arema FC and rival Persebaya Surabaya on Saturday. (Kompas.com/Suci Rahayu)
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ix suspects, ranging from the soccer match organizer to police officers, have been charged with criminal negligence causing death and bodily harm in relation to last week’s tragedy at a stadium in Malang, East Java, according to the police.
On Thursday evening in Malang, National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo announced that the police had named six suspects following the fatal stampede on Saturday at Kanjuruhan Stadium, one of the world’s worst soccer stadium disasters in recent decades.
Authorities said at least 131 people, among them 33 minors, were killed on Saturday as they fled an overcrowded stadium after police fired tear gas to disperse supporters of Arema FC, who had surged on to the field following the home team’s defeat to rival Persebaya Surabaya.
As fans tried to flee the stadium a crush occurred, made worse by several locked exits.
Listyo said that the police had questioned up to 48 eyewitnesses and followed through with the investigation.
The suspects are charged under articles 359 and 360 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) for negligence causing death and bodily harm, respectively, as well as Article 103 of Law No. 11/2022 on sports, for failing to fulfill safety requirements for holding a sporting competition; which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
The first named suspect was Akhmad Hadian Lukita, president director of soccer league operator PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB).
