Reported by Jay Flannagan of WrestleView.com
On Friday, December 1, 2006 at 12:02 AM EST

In a follow up to the story I have been reporting on here
and here, WWE has released the following press release on the Indonesian controversy:

WWE®: Police Say No Connection Between Boy and Wrestling

STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 30, 2006…World Wrestling Entertainment® (NYSE:WWE) today issued the following statement:

“The father of a nine-year-old boy claimed that three 15-year-old boys beat up his nine-year-old son practicing the ‘smackdown game.’ The boy died one month later."

“The chief of the Detective Bureau charged with investigating the highly suspicious nature of the child's death specifically has stated in the media that there is no reason to believe the death of this child had anything to do with watching wrestling."

“The police noted an autopsy was forbidden by the child’s family for religious reasons. As a result the police have indicated in the media that because there is no permission to conduct the autopsy, they are currently asking for the child’s medical records from the hospital."

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We will continue to follow this story and have more as it becomes available.

12:07am:
ESPN.com is reporting that the broadcaster, Lativi, is caving into the pressure by the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission and is planning on dropping Smackdown from their line up. We will have more on this later in the week.