Widened The Duties Of The Anti-ball Mafia Task Force That Are Considered Reasonable

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JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) Mochamad Iriawan asked the Anti-Football Mafia Task Force to supervise groups of Indonesian national team players when competing abroad.

The aim is to anticipate the influence of certain parties regarding match fixing during timas following international matches abroad.

However, recently, Iriawan asked the task force to also maintain the safety of the thymas while abroad.

"Starting to take care of his food, maintaining his training that cannot be seen by the national teams of other countries, also to the safety of our national team players, as well as traffic on their way to the match venue," said Iriawan in Jakarta, Tuesday, February 25.

Such surveillance measures, he said, have been implemented in other countries. Iriawan said this step was aimed at preventing, not suspecting the national team's performance.

"We are not suspicious of the national team, but we anticipate that there are other groups affecting the national team. So this is a preventive step. This has been done by Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore," said Iriawan.

Football observer Eko Maung thinks Iriawan's proposal is a natural thing. This is because only the Anti-Football Mafia Task Force has the competence to prevent score fixing in both local and international matches.

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However, Eko proposed, the Anti-Football Mafia Task Force must be confirmed as a directorate or other agency. So, he continued, this task force has strong authority when it comes to eradicating all forms of cheating in the sports sector.

"PSSI's request is reasonable. Because at this time, it is not permanent and the one who is considered to have experience and the most ready is this task force," said Eko.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Anti Mafia Ball Task Force, Brigadier General Hendro Pandowo, refused to mention that the task of the task force was widened from its original goal, to eradicate the crime of scoring fixing.

He said, the scoring does not only occur domestically, but also abroad. This must be secured by the Anti-Football Mafia Task Force.

"No (the task is wide). We convey, when the bookies play, then, not only in Indonesian territory. When playing abroad then someone secures them. We secure, everything is guaranteed by the presence of a task force no one dares to enter (the score fixing actor. ), "said Hendro.