Perbasi meets Panasia club for basketball solution

Perbasi meets Panasia club for basketball solution

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Basketball Association (Perbasi)
has approached Bandung-based club Panasia Indosyntec to seek a
solution to an incident which occurred during the semifinals
match of the 1999 A Mild Kobatama national basketball league on
Dec. 4 at the Senayan Indoor Stadium.

Perbasi executive director, Sri Sudono Sumarto, told reporters
on Monday that he met Panasia owner Awong Hidjaja on Sunday to
discuss the problem.

"To be frank, we didn't say anything about the incident. We
spoke about our vision of developing basketball in the country.
Kobatama has been improving well and we don't want the incident
to destroy what we have built," he said.

The incident occurred when defending champion Panasia refused
to continue playing in the semifinals against Mahaka Satria Muda,
who went on to win this year's Kobatama, due to the "unfair
judgment."

The incident followed Hadi Wasito's, one of the referees,
decision to give an outball to Panasia but changed his decision
after Mahaka protested.

After the match, Panasia coach Danny Kosasih claimed the club
would not compete in Kobatama as they could not accept the
referee's decision.

Sudono said one of the referees, was carried away
by the tense situation during the semifinal and made a human
error.

"I think it's natural because until the second half, both
teams only scored 39-37 for Mahaka. It showed that they were
under a lot of pressure and the situation also affected the
coach, officials, referees and also the spectators," he said.

Sudono said both sides had promised to seek the best solution
but it would take time because it was not as easy as it seemed.

"Panasia has invested a lot of money to become a big and good
club. It has also contributed some players including Johannis
Winar, Antonius Joko Endratmo and Kiki Susilo to join the
national team," he said.

Sudono said Perbasi had been sending referees to join coaching
clinics, both domestically and internationally.

"After Kobatama, our referees fly to Singapore to join
coaching clinics there," he said.

Separately, the Indonesian Archery Association (Perpani)
official in charge of athletes development said that the
organization had yet to start its long-term training program for
archers qualified for the 2000 Olympics as Perpani chairman
Hayono Isman was in England for two months.

"After the National Games (PON) qualifying round in Bali last
month, we decided to send our national archers back to the
training camp. Unfortunately, we can't do that without approval
from Pak Hayono, who's still in London on family business," he
said.

Indonesia has qualified Hamdiah in the World Championships in
Riom, France, in July. She will train together with senior
Nurfitriyana and Lusia Elizabeth under the supervision of South
Korean coach Lee Jae-hyung.

Andi said Perpani had yet to decide on Lee's future as Hayono
still wanted him to coach the national team until the Olympics in
September 2000, while national coach Donald Pandiangan criticized
the South Korean coach, saying Lee was unable to improve
Indonesian archers' performances in international events. (yan)