Four Singaporeans involved in match-fixing to have detention orders extended for a year
Published on Oct 8, 2014 4:58 PM
By Lim Yi Han
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SINGAPORE - Four Singaporeans will have their detention orders extended for a year, for their involvement in global football match-fixing activities, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement on Wednesday.
Under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act, which allows for suspects to be detained without trial, detention orders are up to a year and are reviewed annually.
The Straits Times understands that one of the four Singaporeans detained is Dan Tan Seet Eng, the alleged ringleader of an international match-fixing syndicate.
Tan had filed a court order in August seeking a judicial review of his detention. He has been in detention since October last year, after being nabbed in an islandwide raid conducted by police and anti-graft officers in September last year.
