According to the plan, PSSI chief Mr. MI and PSSI deputy chief Mr. IB will be questioned today.  They are still on their way (to the East Java Provincial Police). What is clear is that they have confirmed a plan to show up.
Surabaya, E Java (ANTARA) - All Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) Chief Mochamad Iriawan and his deputy chief Iwan Budianto on Thursday answered a police summons to undergo questioning as witnesses in connection with the October 1, 2022, stampede at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang.

Iriawan and Budianto arrived at the East Java Provincial Police Headquarters around 1 p.m. with PSSI assistant chief for East Java, Ahmad Riyadhi.

“Today, I met a summons from the investigator," Irawan said.

Chief of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Headquarters Inspector General Dedi Prasetyo said that Irawan and Busianto prepared for the questioning a few days after they filed a request for rescheduling it.

"According to the plan, PSSI chief Mr. MI and PSSI deputy chief Mr. IB will be questioned today. They are still on their way (to the East Java Provincial Police). What is clear is that they have confirmed a plan to show up," Prasetyo informed on Thursday.

Earlier, Irawan had filed a request for the rescheduling of his questioning, which was originally planned for October 18, 2022.

At the time, Irawan said that he had to accompany President Joko Widodo to a meeting with Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) president Gianni Infantino in Jakarta on October 18. Budianto had also filed a request for rescheduling his questioning citing the same reason.

As part of its probe into the Kanjuruhan tragedy, the investigating team also sought clarification from doctors at Saiful Anwar Hospital in Malang as expert witnesses.

"The process is part of efforts to expedite the investigation in accordance with the order from the National Police chief that the case must be resolved soon," Prasetyo said.

The stampede, which broke out following a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan Stadium, left 133 people dead and hundreds of others injured.

Police have so far named six suspects in the case.

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