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The riot started after host Perspira Jayapura lost 1-0 to guest PS Adhyaksa Banten.
PHOTO: THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
JAKARTA - The police in Indonesia’s Papua province have detained 14 people following a riot at Lukas Enembe Stadium in Harapan village, Jayapura regency, as the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) is still under supervision and monitoring from the world’s governing soccer body FIFA for the deadly 2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium stampede in Malang regency, East Java.
The riot started after host Perspira Jayapura lost 1-0 to guest PS Adhyaksa Banten in a Liga 2 Indonesia play-off soccer match on May 8.
