Entering The DPO, The Anti-Mafia Ball Task Force Hunts The Delivery Of Bribes To The Referee

Head of the Anti-Mafia Ball Task Force, Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri at the National Police Headquarters (Photo: Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Anti-Mafia Ball Task Force included the suspect's name with the initials A in the wanted list or DPO. In a series of match fixing cases in Liga 2 Indonesian football, he acts as a courier or money delivery officer. "We have included one of the suspects in the US name in the DPO or issued a wanted list," said Head of the Anti-Mafia Ball Task Force, Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri to reporters, Thursday, October 12. So far, 8 people have been named as suspects. Two of them are VW and DA which were announced today. The two suspects have different roles. VW is the former owner of one of the football clubs. In the match-fixing case, he lobbied the referee to get involved in fixing the score. "VW is also the one who plays an active role as a lobbyist and VW itself lobbys and asks referees to win club Y by giving an appointment to give something," he said. As for the suspect DR, he is one of the administrators of club Y. He also acts as a funder. "DR plays a role as a funder whose funds will be handed over to VW to organize and win the match for club Y," said Asep. Meanwhile, the other 6 suspects, including the US, have now been announced some time ago. Four of the suspects are referees. The referees had the initials M as the middle referee, E assistant referee 1, R as assistant referee 2, and A as the reserve referee.

Meanwhile, the other two suspects, namely K and A. They are LO and delivery couriers.