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.