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Nine arrested in Hong Kong for alleged match-fixing
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Jan 8th 2014, 08:45
2014-01-08 17:45 Xinhua Web Editor: Mo Hong'e
Nine people have been arrested here over alleged match-fixing in Hong Kong football fixtures, the local anti-corruption agency said Tuesday.
"Nine persons, including professional football players, were arrested for alleged bribery in rigging the results of football matches involving a local football club," the Independent Commission Against Corruption said in a statement released late Tuesday.
"Enquiries revealed that the sponsor's representative and the executive officer might have offered advantages to the players of the football club as rewards for their participation in rigging football match results," it said.
The southern Chinese city has a low-key football scene, with each top division game often attracting less than a thousand spectators.
The local league is vulnerable to rigging as players are poorly paid amid low revenue streams for clubs.
The arrests were made on Sunday, according to the southern Chinese city's graft buster, involving six football players, an executive officer of the football club, a representative of the sponsor for the club and a "corrupt associate".
Last month, another First Division club Tuen Mun was embroiled in a controversy after one of its defensemen headed into his own net to allow the other side, Yokohama Football Club, to win 2-1 in stoppage time.
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