Malaysian booters held for bribery

Thu, 29 Jun 1995 | Source: AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police yesterday arrested five premier league footballers as part of the clampdown on match- fixing which has so far led to the detention of some 150 soccer players and officials.

The five, to be remanded at least a week for questioning, were identified by police as Matlan Marjan, Junaidy Tuah, Matusin Bowie, Gerard Mojiliu and Charles Tindi.

All play for the eastern Sabah state, one of 15 sides in the Malaysian league. Sabah police official Zainuddin Wahab said the five were detained following leads obtained from an arrested Sabah teammate, G. Raveychandran.

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