Malaysian police launch match-fixing probe
Reuters - Monday 06 June 2011, 07:45
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian police and an
anti-corruption agency have launched a probe into match-fixing
at Negeri Sembilan after the club made allegations against some
of the Super League side's youth players.
"One of the clubs, Negeri Sembilan, has lodged a report with
the police and the anti-corruption commission," a Football
Association of Malaysia (FAM) spokesman said on Monday.
"They suspect some members of their youth team, not the
league team, are involved in match-fixing... both the police
and the commission have started their investigation."
Negeri Sembilan, who compete in the Malaysian Super League,
lodged a police report last week into alleged match-fixing
during an under-21 club tournament in the southeast Asian
country.
Football in Asia is battling corruption on several fronts,
with South Korea rocked by a match-fixing scandal that has seen
at least five players arrested.