Arema Vs Persebaya Match At The Malang Kanjuruhan Stadium Excess 4 Thousand Spectators, Said The National Police Chief

Photo when Arema FC competed with Persebaya (Twitter @AremafcOfficial)

JAKARTA - The deadly tragedy at the Malang Kanjuruhan Stadium continues to be investigated even though there are already six suspects. Temporary results, found facts on the over capacity of the number of spectators.

"There was an overcapacity ticket sale that should have been 38 thousand spectators. However, 42 thousand were sold," said National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to reporters in Malang, East Java, Thursday, October 6.

With the discovery of over capacity or exceeding capacity, the Chairman of the Implementing Committee for Arema Malang Abdul Haris was also named a suspect.

In addition, from the deepening of Abdul Haris, it was known that there were no safety and security documents for the stadium. Then, ignore the request from the security forces.

"So that it violates safety and security regulations," said Sigit.

With that fact, Abdul Haris is suspected of under Article 359 and Article 360 of the Criminal Code related to mistakes that caused death. In addition, the suspects were also subject to Article 103 and Article 52 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 11 of 2022 concerning sports.

In this case, there are five other suspects. They include LIB President Director Ahmad Hadian Lukita, Head of Malang Police Ops, Kompol Wahyu Setyo Pranoto.

Then, Head of Samapta Malang Police AKP Bambang Sidik Achmadi, Brimob Company Commander of the East Java Police AKP Hasdarman, and Securityward Suko Sutrisno.