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        "id": 1390352,
        "msgid": "soccer-match-fixing-probe-to-go-on-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-03-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Soccer match-fixing probe to go on",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Soccer match-fixing probe to go on JAKARTA (JP): Police rejected yesterday reports that they would stop investigating an alleged soccer match-fixing and bribery scam because it involved too many parties. \"That (allegation) is untrue. We are collecting more evidence and are determined to proceed with the investigation,\" city police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said. Police will find out the identities of all the parties involved in the racket, he said.",
        "content": "<p>Soccer match-fixing probe to go on<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Police rejected yesterday reports that they<br>\nwould stop investigating an alleged soccer match-fixing and<br>\nbribery scam because it involved too many parties.<\/p>\n<p>\"That (allegation) is untrue. We are collecting more evidence<br>\nand are determined to proceed with the investigation,\" city<br>\npolice spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said.<\/p>\n<p>Police will find out the identities of all the parties<br>\ninvolved in the racket, he said. \"We'll take all the suspects to<br>\ncourt.\"<\/p>\n<p>The authorities will summon as many witnesses as possible to<br>\nget the evidence they need, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Police questioned two more referees yesterday, bringing the<br>\ntotal number of witnesses to 12.<\/p>\n<p>Aritonang identified the two referees as Dadang S, a referee<br>\nfrom Bandung, West Java, and Mulyana Soebari, a member of the<br>\nCommission of Regional Referees.<\/p>\n<p>He refused to disclose the results of the preliminary police<br>\ninvestigation but said that bribery was involved.<\/p>\n<p>\"We found during our investigation that some of the witnesses<br>\nmight have been involved in the bribery and match-fixing<br>\nschemes.\"<\/p>\n<p>Police have questioned the referees and managers of some<br>\nsoccer clubs since Friday last week following the All-Indonesian<br>\nSoccer Federation's finding of alleged match-fixing and bribery<br>\nrackets believed to be arranged by a senior referee, Djafar Umar.<\/p>\n<p>Djafar allegedly fixed soccer matches, especially during last<br>\nseason's Indonesian League, which began late last year.<\/p>\n<p>He is believed to have either offered or been asked by certain<br>\nclubs to fix the matches to the clubs' advantage in exchange for<br>\nmoney. Some other referees were believed to have been involved in<br>\nthe scam.<\/p>\n<p>The federation has banned Djafar from refereeing for 20 years<br>\nand asked the police to investigate the case.<\/p>\n<p>Aritonang said the police would not charged Djafar with match-<br>\nfixing and bribery until they had collected enough hard evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Djafar will be summoned for questioning as a witness next<br>\nweek, he said. (cst)<\/p>",
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