SURABAYA, Indonesia: An Indonesian court sentenced a football match official to one and a half years in prison on Thursday (Mar 9) after finding him guilty of negligence over one of the w
The October 2022 derby match in Malang, East Java, between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos withmany crushed as they fled for exits after police fired tear gas into the crowd.
The match official, Abdul Haris was found guilty"due to his negligence causing people to die," said the judge at the court in Surabaya.An investigation by Indonesia's human rights commission found the main cause of the stampede was police firing into the crowd 45 rounds of tear gas, which football's world governing body FIFA has banned as a crowd control measure.
Another match official is set to hear his verdict later on Thursday, while three police officers are also charged with the same offences and their cases will be decided at a later date.
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