2 S. Koreans jailed for Geylang United-Harimau Muda match-fixing attempt
Published on May 4, 2012
Jeon Byungeuk, (left), 24, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Kim Jae Hong (right), 27, to bribe a player not to score in the match against the Malaysian team and was sentenced to five months in prison. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
By Khushwant Singh
Two former Geylang United players were jailed on Friday for trying to fix the football club's game against Harimau Muda on Thursday.
Jeon Byungeuk, 24, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Kim Jae Hong to bribe a player not to score in the match against the Malaysian team and was sentenced to five months in prison.
Kim, 27, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Jeon as well as to another charge of giving a $4,000 bribe to Geylang United's goalkeeper Yazid Yasin to lose the game.
He was jailed 10 months. Both are South Koreans.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
