Indonesian national Nasiruddin has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after he was found guilty for attempting to match fix a match through bribery.
Nasiruddin gave $15,000 (RM57,108) to Orlando Marques Henriques Mendes – an official at the Timor Leste Football Association, to ensure that Timor Leste would lose to Malaysia at the recent SEA Games held in Singapore. Malaysia would go on to win that match 1-0.
The other culprit who was involved is a citizen of Singapore.
Nasiruddin was also charged for bribing players from the Timor Leste football team to lose, according to a statement released by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) of Singapore.
“Singapore adopts a zero tolerance approach towards corruption, and match fixing of any form is not condoned in Singapore,” according to a statement by CPIB.
“The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau will not hesitate to take action against any party involved in match fixing related activities.”
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