Trial began in the Indonesia stadium disaster on Monday when five men charged with negligence appeared in front of the court via video conferencing.
Three local police officers, a match organiser, and a security official are facing the music. If convicted by the court, they could face a maximum sentence of five years in prison. A sixth suspect, a former director of the company that runs Indonesia's premier football league is currently under police investigation.
Photos of FIFA's president laughing and high-fiving in a football match with local officials weeks after a stadium disaster killed 133 people in Indonesia sparked online fury in the country on Wednesday. More than 40 children were among those killed in the stampede on October 1, one of the deadliest disasters in football history. Police had fired tear gas to quell a pitch invasion after a match in East Java.
Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history.
MALANG (Indonesia), Oct 3 The police chief in the Indonesian city where clashes and a stampede at a football stadium left 125 people dead has been removed from his position, a.
MALANG (Indonesia), Oct 3 At least 32 children died in Indonesia’s stadium disaster, an official said today, as the government ordered police to identify the.