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View all search resultsActivists slam lenient verdicts over Kanjuruhan Stadium soccer crush
Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said the authorities had failed in providing justice to the victims despite vowing to hold those responsible to account.
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ivil society organizations expressed dismay over the verdicts of cases related to Kanjuruhan soccer crush including the acquittal of two police officers, saying they had failed to provide justice for victims of the tragedy.
Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said the authorities had failed in providing justice to the victims despite vowing to hold those responsible to account.
He said months after the tragedy that shocked the world, which saw 135 people killed during a stampede after a soccer match in Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, only a handful of people had been convicted.
“Amnesty International Indonesia reiterates its calls to launch a prompt, thorough and independent probe into the appalling actions of security forces at the stadium, where tear gas was fired into the crowd triggering a stampede at the exits.
“The families of victims are understandably distraught at the meager results of the cases, which have fallen far short,” Usman said in a statement on Thursday.
On Thursday, the Surabaya District Court sentenced Hasdarmawan, who was a commander for East Java Police mobile brigade unit, to 18 months of prison for negligence in Kanjuruhan Stadium, less than the three years prosecutors asked for.
At the same court also on Thursday, judges declared Bambang Sidik Achmadi, former Malang Police officer accused of ordering his subordinates to shoot tear gas, not guilty. Another Malang Police officer Wahyu Setyo Pranoto was also found not guilty.
