101 East follows Indonesia’s die-hard football fans as violence threatens to shut down an entire league.
Football inspires fanaticism in Indonesia. It also inspires danger. Football violence has killed about 75 fans in the past 25 years. Thousands more have been injured.
Popular Indonesian teams travel to matches in armoured personnel carriers and riot police with automatic weapons are regular fixtures. Accusations of match-fixing fuel the anger of football crowds and brawling between fans.
Recently an entire league was suspended for a fortnight due to the violence, which threatens to shut the league down permanently.
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