Illegal Foreign Players and Discriminatory Rules: Kurious-KIC Highlights Cheating at the 2023 SEA Games

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Cindy Mutia Annur 24/05/2023 15:46 WIB

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Respondents' Perceptions of Cheating in the SEA Games (May 2023)

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Indonesian citizens perceive indications of cheating at the 2023 SEA Games. This is based on a survey by the Kurious-Katadata Insight Center (KIC), which shows that 75.8% of respondents believe there were indications of cheating in this prestigious Southeast Asian sporting event.

Specifically, 41.5% stated they were unsure of the extent of the cheating, while 34.3% fully believed in the indications of cheating.

So, what forms of cheating at the 2023 SEA Games did respondents identify?

The Kurious-KIC survey shows that the majority, or 52.8% of respondents, stated that the cheating at the 2023 SEA Games was perpetrated by the organizing committee, referees, or judges. Furthermore, 35.9% of respondents believed the cheating involved the illegal participation of players with foreign citizenship or without the naturalization process.

Another 34.8% of respondents said that the cheating at the 2023 SEA Games involved discriminatory rules against specific countries or parties. Also, 24.9% of respondents considered the use of violence or threats to influence match results or athletes as a form of cheating in this prestigious ASEAN sporting event.

Meanwhile, 3.4% of respondents mentioned other forms of cheating. On the other hand, 18.8% of respondents did not know/did not answer.

This survey was conducted among 638 respondents spread across various regions of Indonesia, with 52.8% male respondents and 47.2% female respondents.

More than half of the respondents were from Java (excluding Jakarta) at 66.3%, followed by Jakarta (13.3%), and Sumatra (10.3%). The proportion of respondents from Kalimantan, Bali-Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, and Maluku-Papua ranged from 0.5% to 4.1%.

Most respondents were aged between 35-44 years (31.5%), followed by the 25-34 age group (30.4%) and the 45-54 age group (21.8%).

The survey was conducted from May 12-19, 2023, using the computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI) method, with a margin of error of approximately 3.62% and a 95% confidence level.

Editor : Padjar Iswara

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