Jakarta, Sept. 16 -- Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports Taufik Hidayat has asked for a review of the plan to send 1,110 athletes and 440 coaches to the 2025 SEA Games.

"Do we have a strong budget to send (athletes) in such large numbers, both for their departure and to win gold medals?," the deputy minister said, here on Tuesday.

He made the statement in response to a report submitted in a meeting with the Review Team Leader Yunyun Yudiana and its members regarding the preparation of Indonesian athletes for the 2025 SEA Games.

The deputy explained that Indonesia had never sent more than a thousand athletes to the SEA Games, except when Indonesia acted as host.

Hidayat wants the number of contingents to not be too large so the review ...