This Is The Reason Why The Death Tragedy Investigation Team Of The Kanjuruhan Stadium Moves Into Surabaya

Arema FC vs Persebaya Surabaya match was chaotic on Saturday, October 1 night. (Viral video screenshot)

JAKARTA - The National Police investigation team continues to investigate the deadly tragedy of the Kanjuruhan Malang Stadium to the Surabaya area even though it has named six suspects. Apparently, the reason is only to facilitate the investigation process.

"Just to simplify the process," said the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo when confirmed, Friday, October 7.

Moreover, the majority of the members of the Police investigation team mostly served at the East Java Regional Police located in Surabaya.

So, in the future the inspection process and so on will take place at the East Java Regional Police.

"Because the fingerprinting team is all from the Regional Police (East Java, ed)," he said.

"Currently, the witnesses are still examining other witnesses," continued Dedi.

Previously, it was reported that in a series of investigations, the investigation team will go to Surabaya today.

"The entire investigative team went to Surabayat to continue the investigation," said Dedi.

In the Kanjuruhan Tragedy that killed 131 people, six people were named suspects. They range from members of the police to the President Director of PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB).

The suspects include LIB President Director Ahmad Hadian Lukita, Arema Malang Executive Committee Chair Abdul Haris, and Malang Police Ops Head Kompol Wahyu Setyo Pranoto.

Then, Head of Samapta Malang Police AKP Bambang Sidik Achmadi, Brimob Company Commander of the East Java Police AKP Hasdarman, and Securityward Suko Sutrisno.

They were named as suspects because they were considered to be responsible for the series of matches until the deadly tragedy occurred.

In this case, they are suspected of having multiple articles, namely Article 359 and Article 360 of the Criminal Code related to mistakes that caused death. In addition, the suspects were also subject to Article 103 and Article 52 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 11 of 2022 concerning sports.