Football Is Not A Gambling Event, DPR Commission X Asks PSSI To Seriously Investigate Allegations Of Bribery And Score Fixing

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JAKARTA - Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives Commission X Ledia Hanifa asked the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) to seriously investigate allegations of bribery and match-fixing in Indonesian football recently.

"In the first stage, of course, the sporting organization (PSSI) has the responsibility to check, carry out investigations. The investigation must be correct," said Ledia in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 7.

The House of Representatives Commission X also asked the government, in this case the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora), to be really serious about fixing various problems and issues that have the potential to tarnish the good name of the Indonesian football world.

Ledia did not want this sporting event to be used as a means of gambling. According to him, this can be anticipated if all parties within the Indonesian football world have the same commitment to uphold sportsmanship.

"So indeed, our big PR is still a lot of people linking sports authority for personal interests, that's actually not allowed," he said.

Ledia also supports efforts to bring to justice if in her investigation the allegations are found to be true. "If it is the legal domain, it will be submitted to the legal process," he said.

It is known, PSSI has asked Polda Metro Jaya to investigate the issue regarding the alleged case of match-fixing in Indonesian football.

PSSI asked the Polda Metro Jaya to investigate the alleged match-fixing case. This was after it was discovered that no less than five Perserang Serang players were sentenced after trying to take bribes from unknown people.

Receiving the report, the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Pol Endra Zulpan admitted that he had received the information. He promised to take action on the case.

"We are following up on the report," said Zulpan, Tuesday, December 7.