The incident will undoubtedly affect Indonesia's reputation when it comes to hosting big international competitions. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - Indonesia's hopes of hosting world sports events in future will depend on the credibility of its investigation intoThe tragedy on Saturday in Malang left 125 people dead and more than 300 injured after police fired tear gas in a packed stadium to quell a pitch invasion by fans, triggering a stampede.
Indonesia, which defied warnings about poor preparations to stage the Asian Games in 2018, has also expressed an interest in hosting an Olympics for the first time in 2036. "The first thing I thought was: why was tear gas being used?" he added, also highlighting overcrowding and failure in crowd management as among the possible missteps.Fifa, football's world governing body, prohibits the use of crowd control gas by police or stewards at pitch-side.
Visiting professor of international relations Mustafa Izzuddin at the Islamic University of Indonesia said global scrutiny will not just be on football.