Malaysian soccer beats corruption

Malaysian soccer beats corruption

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): Malaysian police and soccer chiefs were
claiming victory yesterday in the fight against bribery and
corruption in the game after sending the culprits into internal
exile and promising "cleaner" players.

After the arrest of nearly 100 players, coaches and bookies
and the banishment or state exile of 22 of them in the past four
months, officials said they were concluding their probe against
match-fixers in the national premier league.

Singapore's sudden pull-out from the league on Tuesday made
the task easier as most of the illegal bookmaking on Malaysian
soccer matches was suspected to have been done through the
republic, officials said.