During a commemoration of the four-year anniversary of the Kanjuruhan\nTragedy, held by civil society and Aremania supporters in front of the\nMalang City Hall on Thursday (1\/10), demonstrators reminded the public\nnot to forget the search for justice.<\/p>\n
The commemoration was also observed by supporters of the Indonesian\nnational team, who held a moment of silence at the Gelora Bung Karno\nMain Stadium (SUGB) in Jakarta during the match between the Garuda Squad\nand Bangladesh last night.<\/p>\n
In this case, one individual identified by the police as a suspect\nfour years ago has yet to stand trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tragedy that is clearly before our eyes is not easy to forget.\nIt is my hope that the government does not ignore this,\u201d said supporter\nrepresentative Ambon Fanda during the commemoration in Malang.<\/p>\n
He explicitly highlighted the light sentences imposed on the\ndefendants, arguing that the punishments were disproportionate to the\nloss of life.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo say that a two-year sentence is fair for the families of the\nvictims, considering 135 lives were lost, is utterly ridiculous in our\nview,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
As information, Hadian remains the only suspect in the Kanjuruhan\nTragedy who was released by the police. He has been out of detention\nsince December 2022 because the East Java Regional Police failed to\ncomplete the case files.<\/p>\n
During the Kanjuruhan Tragedy trial, the Surabaya District Court\njudges assessed that Hadian, or PT LIB which he led at the time, had\nignored the safety of those involved in the match held on 1 October\n2022.<\/p>\n
This was stated by the panel of judges when reading the mitigating\nconsiderations of the verdict for the Chairman of the Arema FC vs\nPersebaya Surabaya Match Committee, Abdul Haris, on Thursday\n(9\/3\/2023).<\/p>\n
The panel of judges, consisting of Abu Achmad Sidqi Amsya, Mangapul,\nand I Ketut Kimiarsa, assessed that PT LIB, as the league operator,\nneglected the safety of players, supporters, and security.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a mitigating factor, the defendant had forwarded a request from\nwitness Ferli Hidayat [the then Malang Police Chief] to PT LIB to move\nthe football match schedule forward for security reasons, but that\nrequest was not met because it conflicted solely with business\ninterests, as LIB was bound by a contract with Indosarm,\u201d the judges\nstated during the verdict.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very regrettable because LIB placed players, supporters, and\nsecurity as mere objects and ignored their safety,\u201d the judges\ncontinued.<\/p>\n
Hadian Lukita himself previously admitted that the primary reason his\nparty refused to change the match time for the Arema FC vs Persebaya\nSurabaya match on 1 October 2022 was due to commercial value.<\/p>\n
This reason was revealed by Hadian when testifying as a witness in\nthe trial of two defendants in the Kanjuruhan Tragedy case, namely the\nChairman of the Arema FC Match Committee Abdul Haris and Security\nOfficer Suko Sutrisno, on Tuesday, 24 January 2023.<\/p>\n
He mentioned that the then Malang Police Chief, AKBP Ferli Hidayat,\nrequested that the match time for Singo Edan against Bajol Ijo be moved\nforward from 20:00 WIB to 16:00 WIB. However, he could not accept this\nbecause it would clash with the live broadcast of another Liga 1\nmatch.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt that time, as the President Director, I thought that if the\nschedules clashed, the commercial value would decrease. [It clashed\nwith] Madura United vs Borneo FC [at 16:00 WIB],\u201d Hadian replied to the\njudges\u2019 questions.<\/p>\n
He noted that the commercial value could decrease because, at the\nsame time, the broadcaster could not televise two matches\nsimultaneously.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Police Chief requested that time [16:00 WIB] because there was a\nlive broadcast on that channel. Yes, [the reason was commercial] because\none channel cannot host two live broadcasts. If it shifted to 18:00 WIB,\nit might have been possible, but 16:00 WIB was not,\u201d Hadian said.<\/p>\n
According to Hadian, changing the match to another day was also not\neasy, as he claimed the match schedule had been determined since the\nstart of the competition season.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe series of matches is like a web of ropes. There are nine matches\nevery week; if you shift them, it is not easy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In addition to commercial reasons, Hadian continued, other clubs\nplaying at 16:00 WIB were also unwilling to have their match times moved\nto 20:00 WIB.<\/p>\n
\u201cUsually, if Indosiar [the broadcaster] is okay, we try to\ncoordinate. If the schedule clashes with others, the broadcaster\nrequests to keep the schedule. We coordinated with the club playing at\nthe same time at 16:00 WIB, and they refused to shift. Usually,\ncoordination allows for shifts, but the other party did not want to\nmove, so, that was it.\u201d<\/p>\n
On 22 December 2022, the National Police Headquarters stated that\nprosecutors declared the former President Director of PT LIB, Akhmad\nHadian Lukita, could not be brought to prosecution in the Kanjuruhan\nTragedy case.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Public Prosecutor (JPU) concluded that the Director of PT LIB\ncannot be brought forward in the prosecution process. Therefore, the\ninvestigators are following the instructions and research results from\nthe JPU,\u201d said the Head of Public Relations of the National Police,\nInspector General Dedi Prasetyo, to journalists at Monas, Central\nJakarta, on Thursday (22\/12).<\/p>\n
\u201cSince there are instructions like that, the status is no longer that\nof a suspect. Therefore, he is no longer a suspect; he has been released\nfrom detention. As for the other suspects, they have been transferred to\nthe JPU and the JPU has accepted them all. For the next step is the\ntrial process,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Dedi stated that investigators were following the instructions of the\npublic prosecutor. He mentioned that based on the research conducted,\nthe JPU decided Hadian Lukita could not be prosecuted.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of terminology, it is not an SP3 [termination of\ninvestigation], but after research with the JPU, the individual cannot\nbe brought forward in the prosecution process. Therefore, the\nadministrative process will be prepared by investigators, and the\nindividual will be released from detention immediately,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
However, Dedi clarified the statement on 26 December, asserting that\nAhmad Hadian Lukita still holds the status of a suspect.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has already been conveyed by the East Java Regional Police\ninvestigators (that Ahmad Hadian Lukita is still a suspect),\u201d Dedi said\nwhen confirmed on Monday (26\/12).<\/p>\n
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