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Saturday, November 15, 1997 Published at 09:59 GMT
World: Far East
Singapore Soccer Bribery
Convicted: camera shy Ng Ek Seng
A man has been sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Singapore after being convicted in a soccer bribery case.
Ng Ek Seng is said to have paid one player several thousand dollars to help lose a match.
The court heard that large sums of money were gambled on the outcome of English league as well as South-East Asian matches.
The BBC correspondent in South Asia says betting on soccer is illegal in most South-East Asian countries, but goes on through gambling syndicates, some of which are linked to Triad groups.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Service
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Singapore correspondent David Willis reports
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