Kanjuruhan crush verdicts slammed

Cry for justice: Susiani holding a picture of her late son Hendra, one of the 135 people who died in the Kanjuruhan football stadium disaster, as she attends the trials at Surabaya. — AFP

Civil society organisations expressed dismay over the verdicts of cases related to Kanjuruhan football crush including the acquittal of two police officers, saying they had failed to provide justice for victims of the tragedy.

Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said the authorities had failed in providing justice to the victims despite vowing to hold those responsible to account.