Indonesia soccer team allege racism from opposition fans

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JAKARTA, Dec 11 - Indonesia's Persipura Jayapura will lodge a complaint with the country's soccer authorities for alleged racist abuse from rival supporters.

Players from the West Papuan side, who are mostly ethnic Melanesians, attempted to confront the home Arema Malang fans but were stopped by security guards following their 2-1 Super League defeat on Wednesday, the Jakarta Globe reported.

"Spectators in the tribune shouted racist insults to our players," Persipura assistant coach Anton Imbenay told the newspaper. "We reported the case to match organisers and will take this matter to the disciplinary committee.

"Racism is a serious case. It has no place in football."

Persipura also complained last season about racist chants from Sriwijaya supporters in Palembang. Sriwijaya were fined around $3,000 and received a suspended six-month ban, the newspaper said.

(Reporting by Alastair Himmer in Tokyo. Editing by Greg Stutchbury; To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com)

This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index

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