The Ferocity Of Indonesian Netizens Bashing On BWF's Social Media

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian badminton national team was forced to withdraw from the All England 2021 event. Knowing that Indonesia's representatives were disqualified and not allowed to compete, netizens flocked to BWF's social media accounts.

In addition to expressions of frustration on the part of the committee, the support for Indonesian badminton athletes whose names were removed from the tournament flooded the timeline. That also made All England immediately into a trending topic on Twitter.

Then there is no reason to watch All England anymore👏👏👏

- Kha Prasetyo (@Kha_DPras) March 18, 2021

This feels unfair though. Like, it's out of control that some poeple tested positive on the same flight. Either BWF and All England should have done bubble system like Thailand tournament or They should consider that players and officials from Indonesia got vaccinated twice already.

- Ashari Budi Nugraha (@ 4schoy) March 18, 2021

Not only on Twitter, but BWF's official Instagram account is also the target of badminton fans' disappointment in Indonesia. They flooded every comment section and questioned BWF's decision to force the Indonesian team to withdraw from All England in 2021.

"Justice for Indonesia", commented netizens.

"What did you do to the Indonesian team?", asked the netizen.

"So you don't know the strength of Indonesian netizens, you didn't learn from Dayana, you're just like GothamChess", said another comment.

All Indonesian badminton players and national teams simultaneously protested and urged the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to act fairly after they were forced to withdraw from All England in 2021.

Indonesia sent seven representatives from various numbers to the All England 2021 event. Some of them had already competed in the round of 32. They are Jonatan Christie, Hendra/Ahsan, and Marcus/Kevin who all made it to the last 16.