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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.
<cite style="display: block; font-style: normal; font-size: 10px; margin: 4px 0px; ">Fans have accused Shokri of being impartial and making bad decisions. (Photo / Facebook)</cite> Two men have been charged for allegedly trying to fix the Malaysia Super League match (MSL) between the LIONSXII and Sarawak on Tuesday at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
Referee Shokri Nor, 47, was accused of agreeing to receive a bribe of RM15,000 (S$6,090) to fix the match in a meeting on 19 May with his associate Thana Segar S Sinnaiah, 38, in a hotel in Penang.
Both men are Malaysians. Thana is a businessman and a former football player.
Just before the match kicked off on Tuesday evening, Shokri was replaced by another referee Wan Mohamad Tarmizi. The last-minute swap surprised some people.
In court on Thursday, both men had their passports impounded and were offered a bail of $50,000. They will return to court next week.
The pair are believed to be part of a group of four people hauled up for questioning by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB).
If convicted, they face a fine up to $100,000 or jail term of up to five years, or both.
Little is known about the both men but inSing News has discovered a page on Facebook where some soccer fans have highlighted their dislike for Shokri, some using vulgar language.
The page, titled 'ANTI Shukri NOR', was set up on April 25 last year and has garnered almost 600 ‘likes’.
On the page, its anonymous creator wrote about a match between Malaysian teams Kedah and Harimau Muda during which Shokri was the referee.
The person wrote that Shokri had given too many yellow cards during the game and did not allocate a fair amount of extra time.
He also accused Shokri of making bad calls against Kedah.
The referee was even said to have failed to award a penalty for a clear hand-ball offence in the penalty box.
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.
Football: Charges amended for two M'sians accused of match-fixing
By Alvina Soh | Posted: 31 May 2012 1842 hrs
SINGAPORE: Two Malaysian men who have been charged with their involvement in fixing a match between Lions XII and Sarawak on May 22, had their charges amended on Thursday.
47-year-old Shokri Nor, a part-time soccer referee, allegedly tried to bribe Selvarajan Letchuman an amount of not more than RM15,000 on May 21, in return for fixing the result of the Malaysian Super League football match at the Jalan Besar Stadium.
38-year-old S.Thanasegar, a former national football player of Malaysia, allegedly helped Shokri to meet Selvarajan on May 19, so that Shokri could receive a RM15,000 bribe to fix the result of the match.
If convicted, both men could each face up to five years in jail and fined a maximum of S$100,000.
The duo were initially charged with accepting RM15,000 each as an inducement to fix the match.
Shokri, who was originally scheduled to officiate the match, was replaced at the last minute by another referee after authorities were alerted to the possibility of the match being compromised.
Shokri Nor, a referee and former Malaysian footballer Thana Segar S. Sinnaiah, (right), was charged for attempting to fix the Malaysian Super League (MSL)
match between LionsXII and Sarawak FA on May 22, 2012. Both men faced amended charges on Thursday. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW
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).
