Court docket arms out 18-month sentence for negligence in an final result that’s prone to disappoint households of the 135 who died.
One in every of three law enforcement officials charged over the lethal crowd crush that left 135 folks useless in Indonesia has been jailed after being discovered responsible of negligence.
The court docket within the Indonesian metropolis of Surabaya, some 780km (484 miles) east of the capital, Jakarta, sentenced Hasdarmawan, who headed the regional unit of the paramilitary police squad often known as Brimob, to 18 months in jail.
It’s nonetheless asserting its verdict for the opposite officers charged over the catastrophe.
Two match officers have already been jailed over final October’s crush, which got here on the finish of a hard-fought match between bitter rivals Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya in Malang, East Java.
Away followers had been banned from the sport however as spectators flooded onto the pitch after the ultimate whistle police fired volleys of tear fuel. amid the clouds of smokepeople rushed for the exit gates in panic solely to find among the gates had been locked, trapping them inside.
Police described the pitch invasion as a riot and mentioned two officers had been killed, however survivors accused them of overreacting.
Movies confirmed officers utilizing drive, kicking and hitting followers with batons, and pushing spectators again into the stands.
An investigation staff arrange by Indonesian President Joko Widodo amid nationwide outrage over the deaths concluded that the tear fuel was the principle explanation for the group surge,
An investigation by Indonesia’s human rights physique got here to the identical conclusion, saying using tear fuel, banned by soccer’s world governing physique, was “indiscriminate” and “extreme”.
Of the 135 individuals who died, 38 had been below the age of 17 and the youngest was simply three years previous.
Within the wake of the tragedy, the top of the Indonesian Nationwide Police, Listyo Sigit Prabowo sacked the Malang Chief of Police, Ferli Hidayat, and relieved 9 Brimob officers of their duties.
The trials of the three officers and the match officers started in January and has been dogged by complaints.
Video shared on social media final month appeared to indicate Indonesian law enforcement officials making an attempt to disrupt That trial, jeering and heckling as prosecutors arrived at court docket on February 14.
With reporting by Syarina Hasibuan in Surabaya.
