JAKARTA - Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Zainudin Amali expressed his deep condolences for the death of the Chairman of the All Indonesia Roller Skate Sports Association (Perserosi), Klemen Tinal. The body was buried in sentosa funeral home rspad, Central Jakarta.

"So frankly I was surprised yes. I was surprised because on Tuesday last week he went to the office to talk about many things including PON. As Vice Chairman of PB PON XX, he conveyed how pon preparation is. In fact, we had a joint conference at that time," Said Minister Amali in his written statement, Saturday, May 22.

At the time of the meeting, Klemen Tinal who is also the Deputy Governor of Papua reported that Papua's condition is safe ahead of the PON title, especially in four PON cluster locations, namely Jayapura City, Jayapura District, Mimika, and Merauke.

In addition, in his capacity as Chairman of perserosi, Klemen reported that there are two athletes sent to the United States to train in the face of the Tokyo Olympics 2021 next July.

"So things like that that we talk to the deceased and indeed he conveyed that he was having treatment about his disease, about the heart. But I was frankly shocked and did not expect that soon (to die)," recalled The Minister of Amali.

Menpora Amali also remembered the deceased while jointly leading the DPD Golkar Party. At that time, Klemen became chairman of the DPD Golkar Papua Party, while he became chairman of the DPD Golkar East Java. So that The Minister of Amali has closeness and familiarity with the deceased.

"I've been with him for a long time. He used to be in the papuan chairman's party, I was the chairman of East Java at that time. So we're with him. Especially when in the Minister of Finance, PON affairs, PERSEROSI affairs. So I frankly feel lost," she said.

Nevertheless, The Minister of Amali ensured that the death of the deceased did not interfere with the pon national sports event that will be held next October. " (PON) is still running. He's just a representative. Pb PON chairman is the governor and the daily chairman is Mr. Yunus Wonda. So the road is no problem," he concluded.


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