Singapore: Two Singaporeans have been charged with corruption for involvement in match-fixing in Turkey in 2013, court documents showed on Wednesday.
In a fresh case that highlights the global reach of football-rigging syndicates in the city-state, Rajendar Prasad Rai, 42, and Shree Manish Kalra, 22, each face three charges at a district court.
Two were lodged on Monday and the other in late September.
One accuses Rai of “instigating” Kalra to give €25,000 (Dh103,000) to a Macedonian national, Marjan Stojanchevski, and two countrymen to fix the outcome of a match between SC Charleroi of Belgium and VVV Venlo of Holland on January 11, 2013, in Antalya, Turkey.
Another charge says Rai asked Kalra to give €15,000 to the same Macedonians to fix a game between Steaua Bucuresti and Dynamo Moscow on February 3, 2013, in Antalya.
The third charge alleges Rai asked Kalra to give €27,000 to the same people to fix a match between Sturm Graz and Steaua Bucuresti on February 1, 2013, in Antalya.
Kalra allegedly handed the money to the Macedonians in all three instances.
The charge sheets did not give details of the Macedonians, but a Marjan Stojanchevski is described as a linesman or referee on several football sites.
Each charge is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years or a maximum fine of S$100,000 (Dh258,618) or both.
Rai is on bail of S$300,000.
In a separate case, he and another Singaporean are accused of trying to bribe three or four players of a local football team, Singapore Recreation Club, in the local S. League in July 2014.
