Memories Of Victims Of The Kanjurusan Tragedy, All Matches In J.League This Week Will Start Consensing Creation

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JAKARTA - J.League announced that all Japanese League competition matches which will be held this weekend will begin with a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the tragedy that occurred after the Arema FC match against Persebaya Surabaya at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang, last Saturday.

"A moment of silence will be carried out in all matches on October 8 and October 9," said J.League, quoted by Antara, Friday.

The Japanese League match that will start the match with a moment of silence is the Japanese Premier League or Meiji Yasuda J1 League for the 32nd week, Meiji Yasuda J2 League for the 40th week and Meiji Yasuda J3 League for the 28th week.

Especially for Meiji Yasuda J1 League, in the 32nd week, Saturday there will be nine matches that will take place, including Consadole Sapporo against Avispa, Kawasaki Frontale against S-Pulse, Yokohama Marinos against Gambi Osaka and Kashiwa Reysol against Cerezo Osaka.

J.League has been in a close relationship with the Professional League in Indonesia. In fact, several Indonesian players feel that they are struggling in Sakura Country. Now there is Pratama Arhan who plays at the J2 club Tokyo Verdy.

"J.League has been collaborating with the Indonesian Professional League since 2014," added J.League.

The Kanjuruhan tragedy, which resulted in at least 131 deaths, has indeed become the world's attention. Football people in the world in various ways show their condolences for this incident.

The Indonesian government also immediately moved quickly to form a fact-finding team to find out the real problem that occurred. President Joko Widodo also went directly to Malang and even visited the victims who were still undergoing treatment.

Not to forget the police, who have currently named six suspects in the Kanjuruhan tragedy case, namely the President Director of PT LIB with the initials AHL, the Chair of the Arema FC Panpel with the initials AH, and security officers with the initials SS.

The other three suspects are from the police, namely the Head of the Malang Police Ops, Kompol WSS, Head of Samapta, Malang Police AKP BSA, and the East Java Police Mobile Brigade Company Commander AKP H.

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