Indonesia National Police efforts in handling football supporter riots; study of events at Kanjuruhan Stadium, Malang Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

AbstractThe police in the democratic era in carrying out their duties to maintain public security and order are obliged to uphold human rights, but in fact, the police took action by using tear gas when handling supporter riots at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang Regency causing casualties. This study aims to determine the security provisions for football competitions in Indonesia related to FIFA Regulations, and to find out whether police actions in handling football supporter riots at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency are in accordance with applicable regulations. This research method is normative juridical, using a statutory approach and a case approach. The results of the study, that the security of football competitions in Indonesia must be based on applicable provisions in Indonesia as the implementation of sovereignty and the Indonesian rule of law. Police efforts in handling football supporters riots at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang Regency using tear gas although allowed according to the Regulation of the Chief of Indonesia National Police Number 1 of 2009 concerning the Use of Force in the Implementation of Police Duties, but these actions do not consider the principles of the use of force and human rights principles in police actions, so in the future the police need to make standard operating security procedures football competitions by adopting FIFA Regulations as a legal basis for security officers.

Keywords

• Police
• handling
• riot
• supporter
• football
• Philip N. Ndubueze, Sociology, Federal University Dutse, Dutse, Nigeria