Foul Play

Indonesia’s soccer performance has long been poor. Police interference on the field only makes matters even worse.

August 11, 2010

INDONESIA does not need to take part in the World Cup to break a “world record”: the first country where the police can order the replacement of a referee in the middle of a game. Another “extraordinary achievement” is that only in this country can two players who have been fighting on the field be immediately arrested by the police, thrown in jail and sentenced by a court. This was what happened to Nova Zaenal from Persis Solo and Liberi

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