Menpora Explains Why Markis Kido Can't Be Buried At Kalibata TMP

Menpora Zainudin Amali (DOK Kemenpora)

JAKARTA - Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Zainudin Amali gave an explanation regarding the late Indonesian sports hero Markis Kido who was not buried in the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery (TMP).

The Minister of Youth and Sports said that he had coordinated for the funeral plans at the Heroes' Cemetery. Amali considered Markis Kido as one of the sports heroes who had made Indonesia proud.

However, it turns out that funerals at TMP have certain criteria and conditions under the Ministry of Social Affairs. "The authority of anyone who has the right to be buried in the TMP is at the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos)," he said, Tuesday, June 15.

There are also criteria for getting awards from the government (President of the Republic of Indonesia) in the form of Bintang Republik Indonesia, Bintang Maha Putra, Bintang Sakti, Guerrilla Star, and members of the TNI/Polri who died in battle.

"Markis Kido received the Parama Kridha Utama Class I award from President SBY in 2008, and that does not include those who can be buried in the TMP, as at that time Olimpian Lukman Niode also could not," explained Menpora Amali.

Later, the Ministry of Youth and Sports will continue to pay attention to the study of the expanded criteria. Coordination is carried out with the Ministry of Social Affairs and related institutions.

"We will see and discuss it with related institutions, whether the criteria can be expanded," he concluded.