Jakarta –
Anti-Football Mafia Task Force again named 2 suspects in connection with the case match fixing or fixing scores in matches in League 2. The National Police revealed that the two suspects face up to 5 years in prison with a maximum fine of IDR 15 million.
Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police and Head of the National Police Anti-Mafia Football Task Force, Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri, said that the two new suspects, namely VW and DR. VW, according to him, is the former owner of club Y and DR is the club administrator.
“We have applied Article 2 of Law No. 11 of 1980 concerning the Crime of Bribery in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 5 years and a fine of Rp. 15 million,” said Asep. in a press conference at National Police Headquarters, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, Thursday (12/10/2023).
Asep Edi said that their motive for bribing the referee was so that the club they ordered would win the match. The goal is for the club to advance to League 1.
“The suspect DR’s motive for committing bribery was to win club Y so that it could enter or advance to league 1,” said Asep.
VW, said Asep, played an active role in lobbying the referee and asked the referee’s apparatus to win for the club he ordered. He also promised the referee would give something.
“As for the suspect DR, he was one of the administrators of club Y at that time and DR acted as a financier whose funds would be handed over to VW to organize and win matches for club Y,” he explained.
In this case, the National Police Anti-Mafia Football Task Force has named 8 people as suspects. The suspects are R as the middle referee, T as assistant referee 1, R as assistant referee 2, A as reserve referee, K as LO referee, AS as money courier (DPO), VW, former club owner, and one of the club administrators with the initials DR .
Club Y is now competing in League 1
Asep Edi stated that Club Y, which was suspected of bribing the referee in the 2018 League 2 match, is now still actively competing in League 1. He revealed that Club Y won seven matches and only lost once.
“In several matches, club Y won. Except for 1, they went up to League 1. If I’m not mistaken, 1 of the 8 lost. But all of the 7 won,” said Asep.
“Currently, in 2023, we will still be in League 1,” he continued.
Furthermore, Asep confirmed that his party would still investigate the alleged fraud case. He stated that the handling of the match-fixing case was… entry point for the development of other cases.
“Entry point for developers and discover practices match fixing in future matches, both current and future matches in football competitions in Indonesia,” he concluded.
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2023-10-12 11:15:44
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