Jakarta (EFE) acquitted two other defendants of the same charges.
The court in the city of Surabaya, in the province of East Java, found the commander of an East Java Police Mobile Brigade, Hasdarmawan, guilty and sentenced him to one year and six months in prison for his involvement in the chaotic response from the authorities during a soccer match at the Kanjuruhan stadium in the city of Malang, local media Detik reported.
On the other hand, the court acquitted the head of the Operations section of the Malang Police, Wahyu Setyo Pranoto, and the head of a reserve unit of the Malang Police, Bambang Sidik Achmadi, considering that they had no responsibility in the riots, which left more than 135 dead and half a thousand injured.