Dayana Has Felt +62's 'Sharp Thumbs' , Will All England? Hashtag # AllEngland2021UnFair Echoes On Twitter

Indonesian badminton team when defeating the England team (Twitter/KBRILondon)

JAKARTA - The thumbs of Indonesian netizens need not be doubted regarding their cleverness in surfing on social media. Dayana, a Selebgram from Kazakhstan, once felt the 'sharp' thumb of netizens +62 which caused her followers to drop dramatically.

From Dayana, netizens +62 have also attacked a Korean man who committed insulting women from Indonesia. This case began when the woman chatted with a South Korean man in the OME TV video chat.

Instead of positive communication, the man actually made racist insults at Indonesian women called 'your face is ugly'. Do you know the next fate? The man's Instagram account was attacked by netizens which resulted in the deletion of photos in his Instagram feed.

This time, the magic of Indonesian netizens' thumbs is expected to happen to All England. The Indonesian team in this prestigious event was forced to resign because there were known positive COVID-19 cases on the flight that was carrying the Indonesian squad from Istanbul to Birmingham.

A number of Indonesian squad members received emails from the British Government regarding information that they had to undergo independent isolation for 10 days. This was because someone tested positive on the same flight the Indonesian squad was boarding.

"The email from the British government, the impact on our team, and the impact is very, very detrimental. BWF can not do much with the problems we face today," said Indonesian manager Ricky Soebagdja.

Thursday, March 18 evening at around 11:40 p.m., the hashtag #AllEngland2021UnFair echoed on Twitter. There are already more than 18 thousand netizens who have shared tweeted protests to the organizers of All England.

"Badminton Without FAIRPLAY," tweeted @Agun****

"Racism #AllEngland2021UnFair," tweeted @otakAlde****

"What is nobility? Unfairness, racism and weird decision making in an honorable event like All England ...?" tweeted @mas****

"This is so unfair," tweeted @flowy****

"Don't let other people treat Indonesian Hero like that !!!! @KEMENPORA_RI Show your pride as Indonesian !!!!" tweeted @cudd****

The Indonesian badminton team departed for Birmingham on Friday 12 March at 21.40 western Indonesia time, using Turkish Airlines plane number TK57, and landed the next day Saturday afternoon local time.

According to Indonesian Team Manager Ricky Soebagdja, during a flight from Istanbul to Birmingham on Saturday, March 13, there was one passenger who tested positive for COVID-19.

"So we are not allowed to play because there are positive ones on the plane, so it is considered close contact. But, it should have been on Saturday, it is Wednesday," said Hendra.

"In Jakarta, we have had the vaccine twice, then we have taken the plane and the PCR swab is okay, negative, then we have been tested again, negative, so it should be okay," he continued.

In accordance with British government regulations, if you are on the same plane with a person who is positive for COVID-19, all team members are required to undergo isolation for 10 days. Hendra regretted that the World Badminton Federation (BWF) did not provide information regarding these rules.

"The problem is that BWF should tell you if there is a regulation like this, maybe a week or 10 days before you have to get here, now we don't know," he said.

Moreover, according to Hendra, not all athletes get emails from the UK's National Health Service (NHS) program, which is tasked with conducting contact tracing or tracing COVID-19.

Hendra said Ahsan and three other people did not get email tracing, which means that the four people were safe. "Even though we are all in one plane and sit together too. It's a bit unclear, you know," said Hendra.

Hendra also said that he should not retest COVID-19 because he was considered to be in close contact with a COVID-19 sufferer, so he had to be isolated for 10 days.

"Even though yesterday there were positive ones but they could be retested, and they take the test from another service, private test," continued Hendra.