Jakarta, April 11 -- President Prabowo Subianto has expressed support for pencak silat martial arts to become one of the sports contested in the Olympic Games.

Speaking at the 16th National Conference of the Indonesian Pencak Silat Association (PB IPSI) here on Saturday, Prabowo said he will continue to support IPSI and the sport of pencak silat even after he no longer serves as its chairman.

"There are many tasks ahead for PB IPSI. I apologize that I have not yet succeeded in bringing pencak silat to the Olympics. We will keep trying. I believe my successor will succeed in bringing it to the Olympics," Prabowo said.

During his tenure with PB IPSI, Prabowo noted that Indonesian pencak silat athletes have achieved many accomplishments a...