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Football: Malaysians charged in court over match fixing By Claire Huang, Patwant Singh | Posted: 24 May 2012 1206 hrs
SINGAPORE: Two Malaysians were charged in court on Thursday with conspiring to fix the result of a Malaysian Super League match on May 22. Referee Shokri Nor, 47, allegedly conspired with former football player Thana Segar S Sinnaiah, 38, on May 19 at a hotel room in Penang to fix the match played between LionsXII and Sarawak on Tuesday.
Both men are accused of agreeing to receive a bribe of 15,000 ringgit (S$6,081).
The referee was switched at the last minute after officials were told about possible match-fixing.
The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) said Shokri and Thana were arrested on Tuesday together with two other persons.
The Lions won the match 3-0, played at Singapore's Jalan Besar Stadium.
Both men are out on a S$50,000 bail.
Their cases will be heard again on May 31.
If convicted of corruption, they each face a fine of up to S$100,000 or a maximum jail term of five years, or both.
The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and CPIB said they take a zero-tolerance policy towards match-fixing and corruption.
The FAS said it has put in place measures to ensure that players and officials report such incidents to the relevant authorities.
Besides education, polygraph testing is an added measure to stem such illegal practices.
FAS said it also works closely with the CPIB to prevent corruption.
Selvarjan letchuman, 49, has been charged in court in connection with the attempted match-fixing in the game between LionsXII and Sarawak FA played last week. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena Chong
A third man has been charged in court in connection with the attempted match-fixing in the game between LionsXII and Sarawak FA played last week. Selvarajan Letchuman, 49, a Singaporean project manager, is alleged to have corruptly given RM500 (S$202) to Malaysian part-time soccer referee Shokri Nor, 47, in return for fixing the result of the match to be played at the Jalan Besar Stadium on May 22.
The game ended in a 3-0 win for Singapore.
He is said to have corruptly agreed to give Shokri a bribe of not more than RM15,000 to fix the result of the match.
The alleged offences took place at a hotel room in Cititel Hotel in Penang on May 19. Read the full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.
Project manager Selvarajan Letchuman was awarded a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on charges of match-fixing because his two alleged Malaysian accomplices have absconded.
All three had been accused of attempted match-fixing of a Malaysian Super League game between LionsXII and Sarawak in May 2012.
Selvarajan, 49, was alleged to have given RM500 to Malaysian part-time referee Shokri Nor and offering up to RM15,000 to Shokri if the desired outcome was achieved. Shokri was supposed to be the referee that night but was replaced at the last minute before the match started as he had been picked up for questioning by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau.
Shokri, 47, a Malaysian police officer, and S. Thanasegar, 38, a businessman and a former national state player, were charged with conspiracy-by-abetment to corruptly agree to receive the RM15,000 bribe to fix the result of the match. Both were released on bail of $50,000 each but absconded in August.
Read the full report in The Straits Times on Monday (Nov 19).
