Indonesia’s President Orders Temporary Suspension of Football Matches After Deadly Stampede

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered the temporary suspension of local football matches and urged a safety review in the aftermath of a deadly stampede in East Java province on Saturday.
Widodo called on the youth and sports minister, the local football association chief, and the national police chief to “thoroughly investigate” how the matches were carried out and the safety measures involved.
He ordered that all local football matches be temporarily suspended “until evaluation and security improvements are made.”
“I regret that this tragedy occurred and I hope this is the last tragedy of football in the country. There should not be another humanitarian tragedy like this in the future,” Widodo said in a televised address, local media reported….