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It said police on duty had no knowledge that the use of tear gas is prohibited at soccer stadiums and used it “indiscriminately” on the field, in the stands and outside the stadium, causing the more than 42,000 spectators inside the 36,000-seat stadium to rush to the exits - several of which were locked.Foxit PDF Reader is a free (as in free beer) and fast PDF reader for Linux, macOS and Windows. National Police Chief Listyo Sigit Prabowo removed the police chiefs of East Java province and Malang district and suspended 20 other officers after the tragedy over violations of professional ethics.Īn investigation set up by Indonesian President Joko Widodo in response to a national outcry over the deaths concluded that the tear gas was the main cause of the crowd surge. Videos showed officers kicking and hitting fans with batons and forcibly pushing spectators back into the stands. Police had described the pitch invasion as a riot and said two officers were killed, but witnesses accused them of overreacting. “The defendant has not been proven legally and convincingly guilty,” Amsya said.Īt a separate military court in early February, a soldier was sentenced to four months in prison for hitting two spectators who ran onto the field. Presiding judge Abu Achmad Sidqi Amsya said the court found that Pranoto, the Malang police head of operations, never ordered the use of tear gas at the match and knew that international soccer governing body FIFA had advised against its use in stadiums.Īmsya said the tear gas ordered by Achmadi, head of crowd control, was aimed at the center of the pitch and dissipated in the wind without hitting any spectators. Some 43 children were among the deaths and about 580 spectators were injured.Ī panel of three judges at Surabaya District Court, which was under heavy police guard, absolved police officers Wahyu Setyo Pranoto and Bambang Sidik Achmadi of charges because they found no direct causal link between the defendants’ actions and the deadly crowd crush. The disaster in Kanjuruhan stadium in East Java’s Malang city was among the world’s worst sporting tragedies. A third official was sentenced to 18 months in prison. SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) - An Indonesian court on Thursday acquitted two police officials charged with negligence leading to the deaths of 135 people in October when police fired tear gas inside a soccer stadium, setting off a panicked run for the exits.
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