South China Morning Post
AsiaPac · 5 hrs ago
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2 footballers, bookie jailed up to 17 months in Hong Kong match-fixing scandal
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A Hong Kong court has sentenced two footballers and a betting agent to up to 17 months in prison for their roles in match-fixing, as part of a broader crackdown that resulted in 23 arrests in what authorities describe as the city's largest match-fixing scandal in recent years.
2 footballers, bookie jailed up to 17 months in Hong Kong match-fixing scandal
A Hong Kong court has jailed two footballers and a betting agent for up to 17 months in the city’s largest match-fixing scandal in recent years, ruling that they deliberately undermined the integrity of the sport.
Former Hong Kong Under-23 player Brian Fok, Brazilian player Luciano Silva da Silva and betting agent Waheed Mohammad returned to West Kowloon Court on Friday to be sentenced on five charges arising from a high-profile crackdown that saw 23 people arrested on suspicion of illegal...
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