S'porean jailed for match-fixing

S'porean jailed for match-fixing

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP): A Malaysian court has fined and jailed a Singaporean businessman for attempting to fix a match in the 1994 Malaysian professional soccer league, news reports said yesterday.

Rajendra Kurusamy, 35, whose name was linked to bribery cases in Singapore, was jailed a day and fined 10,000 ringgit (US$4,000) by a Sessions Court in northwestern Penang state Friday, the New Straits Times said.

Rajendra had pleaded guilty to giving a 500 ringgit bribe to the then Penang assistant coach Abdul Aziz Abu Bakar in December 1993. The bribe was alleged to be an inducement for Abdul Aziz to help fix the results of a match in 1994.