PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) has faced the Joint Independent Fact Finding Team (TGIPF). During the meeting, LIB said that Arema FC vs. Persebaya Surabaya were forced to play at night because of the broadcaster’s request.
PT LIB did not shift the kick-off time for Arema FC vs. Persebaya Surabaya which took place at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, Saturday (1/10/2022). The match continued at 20.00 WIB despite a request from the police to change it to the afternoon.
In the process, the police gave a recommendation to play at night, after PT LIB rejected the request to play in the afternoon. Humanitarian tragedy finally broke out in Kanjuruhan by killing 132 people.
The main director of PT LIB, Akhmad Hadian Lukita, was later named as one of the suspects out of a total of six people. He became the person responsible for allowing Kanjuruhan Stadium to be used even though the last time it passed verification was in 2020.
PT LIB has been summoned by TGIPF. Rhenald Kasali, who is a member of TGIPF, said that the request to play at night came from a broadcaster. This schedule is one of the issues because the match is in the high risk category.
“PT LIB said the broadcaster asked for it, it must be fulfilled. According to PT LIB. They said (the match will still be held at night), because the broadcaster asked to keep playing,” Rhenald told reporters at the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (12/10/2011). 2022).
PT LIB’s acknowledgment to TGIPF contradicts the confession of Indosiar as a broadcaster. Indosiar Programming Director Harsiwi Achmad explained that the schedule for the Liga 1 matches had been prepared by PT LIB. He said the schedule had also been coordinated with Indosiar.
“But once again, we explained earlier that the broadcast schedule had been prepared from the beginning by PT LIB in coordination with Indosiar,” said Harsiwi after giving information to TGIPF of the Kanjuruhan Tragedy at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Jakarta, Tuesday (11/10/2022).
“Then on the way there must be dynamics and the ending is indeed PT LIB which determines the broadcast schedule. Then Indosiar must follow the broadcast schedule,” he explained.
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