3 charged with Tiger Cup bribe

Sat, 21 Sep 1996, 00:00 WIB

SINGAPORE (Reuter): Three men were on Friday charged with
offering a Philippines soccer player a bribe during the 10-nation
Tiger Cup tournament in Singapore earlier this month.

Malaysian businessmen Kandasamy Karuppanb and Yam Phung Fei
and Singaporean personnel manager Chong Thin Hoong were charged
with offering defender Saluria Bearneza Judy $50,000 on September
6, a spokesman for the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau
said.

The three were alleged to have sought a 7-0 win for Singapore.
The match ended 3-0.

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