Indonesian authorities have announced that “Arima Football Club’s administrative and security staff have been suspended for life amid a bloody stadium crash in the western city of Malang that killed 125 people.”
“The club’s CEO, Abdul Haris, has been suspended due to his responsibility for logistics, and the head of security, Suko Satrisno, at the Kanjuruhan Stadium,” Erwin Topping of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee said during a press conference.
This and the disaster came on Saturday evening after thousands of Arima fans stormed the stadium following a 2-3 loss to Persibai Surabaya and clashed with police, resulting in a stampede as security forces used tear gas to disperse them. . The president of the Arima club apologized on Monday, stressing that his team and he personally “cooperate and support” the investigation into the incident, and that the club would pay financial compensation to the families of those killed and injured.
Source: El Nashra