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Al Jazeera
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Al Jazeera Staff

Disappointment in Indonesia after football disaster appeal ruling

Rini Hanifa holds a picture of her son Agus. who was killed at Kanjuruhan Stadium [Al Jazeera]

The families of some of the 135 people who died in Indonesia’s Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster say they are still looking for justice after an appeals court overturned a ruling that freed two police officers charged over the tragedy and jailed them instead.

The officers, Wahyu Setyo Pranoto, the chief of operations of the Malang Regency Police and Bambang Sidik Achmadi, the head of the Prevention Unit of the Malang Regency Police, were cleared of negligence leading to injury or death in March by the Surabaya District Court.

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