Clubs Are Responsible For the ‘Sins’ of Their Fans
THE Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) last Tuesday suspended the country’s premier football league Liga 1 for an unspecified period following the death of Haringga Sirla. The 23-years-old Persija fan was allegedly beaten to death by Persib bobotoh (meaning supporters in the Sundanese dialect) last Sunday in the Gelora Bandung Lautan Api stadium a few hours before the second match between the two clubs began.
Tempo
October 2, 2018
PSSI’s secretary-general Ratu Tisha Destria calls the suspension an expression of condolence. “It is a wake-up call for all of us,” she told Tempo’s Sapto Yunus, Angelina Anjar and Diko Oktara during a special interview last Friday.
Tisha, 32, assures that the suspension is temporary and expects PPSI’s fact-finding team to work expeditiously. The findings will be handed over to the association’s disciplinary c
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