PSSI Can't Talk About The Use Of Eye Gas In Stadium

PSSI Secretary General Yunus Nusi during a press conference in Senayan, Sunday 2 October/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The All-Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) has spoken about tear gas shooting at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, East Java, after a riot by the team's supporters nicknamed Singo Edan.

PSSI Secretary General Yunus Nusi said the incident went so fast. As a result of the fans who took to the field.

"So soon the incident occurred that the security forces took steps, which of course the security forces had thought well because after the match from the fans went to the field and the security forces took that action," Yunus told reporters, in Jakarta, Sunday, October 2.

Yunus admitted that he was still waiting for the investigation team in the field regarding the tear gas shot. He asked the public to wait until he gets the latest update from the Investigation team.

"We will continue to wait for the results of the investigation from PSSI and including from the police, whatever the results, we may not be able to convey it briefly or must convey without investigation, we are sorry that we will wait this afternoon the results of the general chairman and the disciplinary committee," he said.

For information, the use of tear gas by the officers is accused of being one of the causes of hundreds of lives losing. Whereas based on FIFA regulations, the use of tear gas is prohibited from being used to reduce the crowd inside the stadium.

It is known that as many as 174 people died in the Kanjuruhan tragadi incident, after Arema and Persebaya, Saturday, October 1.