a court of Indonesia A police officer was sentenced Thursday to more than a year in prison for negligence in connection with a stampede at a football stadium that killed more than 135 people and injured more than 480 on October 1.
The other two defendants in both cases were acquitted.
The city court of Surabayain the province of East Javathe commander of an East Java Police Mobile Brigade was found guilty, hasdarmawanand he was sentenced to one year and six months in prison for his involvement in the authorities’ chaotic response to a football match played at the stadium. austerity from the city of Unfortunatelylocal media reported A moment.
The court deemed that the defendant violated articles 359 and 360 of the Indonesian Penal Code, causing “death or injuries due to the negligence” of the fans, and determined his imprisonment for one year and six months, compared to the three years he requested. .the persecution.
The court acquitted the head of the Malang Police Operations section, Wahyu Setyo Pranoto, and the head of a Malang Police reserve unit, Bambang Sidik Achmadiconsidering that they are not responsible for disturbances.
On October 1, dozens of fans of the local club Arema FC entered the stadium pitch austerity from the city of Malang and clashed with security forces, who responded with their batons and firing tear gas – banned by FIFA – causing panic and a general stampede.
The police were accused of excessive force and, soon after, Indonesia launched an intense investigation to uncover those responsible for what is considered one of the world’s worst tragedies in international football.
After the verdict was announced, the families of the victims and the association of fans of Arema FC They described the outcome as “disappointing” and said they would take legal action to overturn the decision.
“This is a very disappointing verdict and there is no sense of justice, especially for the families of the victims of the tragedy in Kanjuruhan” and “of course we will take steps in various aspects that can restore justice to us,” he told EFE Dyan Berdinandricoordinator of the Tim Gabungan Aremania group, which represents the club’s fans and the families of the victims.
At the beginning of the month, this same court convicted two people in charge of the stadium for negligence and set a sentence of one year and six months in prison for the president of Arema’s organizing committee, adbull harrisand one year for the head of stadium security, Suko Sutrisno.
Investigations identified various irregularities in the field at the time of the tragedy, such as the partial closure of some of the exits, and determined that many of the casualties, which included two police officers and 33 minors between the ages who were 4 and 17. , they died of suffocation and fractures when they tried to escape.
Source: La Verdad
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