Three referees charged for receiving sexual bribes - Guess the race?

[enterprise2]

Come on!!! We r wasting time!!! A few hot coals up his arse and he will be screaming the password from Tuas to Tampines!!

 

[Ridgewalkers]

Alleged football match-fixer out on bail of S$150,000

POSTED: 10 May 2013 7:13 PM

Singaporean businessman Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, walks to a waiting car outside the Subordinate Courts in Singapore on April 9, 2013. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)

SINGAPORE: The Singaporean businessman who is accused of match-fixing is out on bail of S$150,000.

Eric Ding Si Yang faces two charges of theft and tampering of evidence, as well as three charges of match-fixing.

The court decided that he is not likely to abscond and is no longer able to tamper with evidence.

A pre-trial conference has been set for May 17.

- CNA/ms

 

[Ridgewalkers]

Alleged football match-fixer charged with perverting the course of justice

POSTED: 17 May 2013 7:56 PM

Singaporean businessman Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, walks to a waiting car outside the Subordinate Courts in Singapore on April 9, 2013. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)

SINGAPORE: One of the five charges against alleged match-fixer Eric Ding has been amended from theft to perverting the course of justice.

Ding allegedly tried to conceal a receipt from his personal safe after it was seized by the authorities.

The 31-year-old is currently out on bail and is expected to be back in court for a pre-trial conference on June 21.

He faces three other charges of corruption and one of refusing to cooperate with the authorities.

- CNA/fa

 

[AntiPAPunk]

Lebanese referees jailed for match-fixing


POSTED: 10 Jun 2013 2:40 PM

SINGAPORE: Three Lebanese football referees pleaded guilty Monday to accepting free sex from a gambling-linked global syndicate in return for rigging a match in Singapore, with two jailed and sentencing deferred for the third.

A district court judge jailed assistant referees Ali Eid, 33, and Abdallah Taleb, 37, for three months, but deferred sentencing till Tuesday for referee Ali Sabbagh, whom state prosecutors said was the most culpable.

The assistant referees broke down into sobs after Judge Low Wee Ping said they could be freed by later Monday or Tuesday, after remission for good behaviour and due to time already served awaiting sentence.

Turning to Ali Sabbagh, 34, the judge said: "I need time to consider your sentence. I don't, for the moment, accept that you should be sentenced to six months."

Deputy public prosecutor Asoka Markandu described Ali Sabbagh as "the most culpable" among the three as he was the one approached by the syndicate and the one who persuaded the two linesmen to accept the sexual bribe.

The three men were arrested for accepting sexual favours in exchange for agreeing to fix an Asian Football Confederation Cup match on April 3 between Singapore-based club Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal.

They were abruptly pulled out before the match began.

The three were denied bail and have been detained at Singapore's Changi prison since April 4.

Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, a Singaporean businessman who allegedly supplied the prostitutes, has also been charged with corruption and granted bail.

The judge lashed out at the FIFA-accredited referees for bringing disrepute to the sport, saying they were probably the first international football match officials to be charged with corruption in Singapore.

"That alone, the fact that you are international officials, in my view, is already an aggravating factor," he said.

"The Singapore public has an interest in preserving football as a professional sport in Singapore. This is because it has social, recreational and economic value," he added.

State prosecutors have said Ali Sabbagh was approached by Ding in "mid-2012" in Beirut, indicating a "clear international dimension" to the offences.

Ding, described in Singaporean media as a nightclub owner who drives an Aston Martin sports car, is facing three counts of corruption charges but was freed after posting bail of S$150,000.

- AFP/jc

 

[AntiPAPunk]

Sex-for-fixing referees jailed in Singapore

Main picture: Referee Ali Sabbagh,34,was described as 'the most culpable' among the three as he was the one approached by the syndicate.Insert: Eric Ding Si Yang, 31,the Singaporean businessman accused of corruption by supplying prostitutes to three football officials.

AFP
Monday, Jun 10, 2013

SINGAPORE - Three Lebanese football referees pleaded guilty Monday to accepting free sex from a gambling-linked global syndicate in return for rigging a match in Singapore, with two jailed and sentencing deferred for the third.

A district court judge jailed assistant referees Ali Eid, 33, and Abdallah Taleb, 37, for three months, but deferred sentencing till Tuesday for referee Ali Sabbagh, whom state prosecutors said was the most culpable.

The assistant referees broke down into sobs and repeatedly looked up as if to thank God after Judge Low Wee Ping said they could be freed by later Monday or Tuesday, after remission for good behaviour and due to time already served awaiting sentence.

Turning to Ali Sabbagh, 34, the judge said: "I need time to consider your sentence. I don't, for the moment, accept that you should be sentenced to six months."

Deputy public prosecutor Asoka Markandu described Ali Sabbagh as "the most culpable" among the three as he was the one approached by the syndicate and the one who persuaded the two linesmen to accept the sexual bribe.

The three men were arrested for accepting sexual favours in exchange for agreeing to fix an Asian Football Confederation Cup match on April 3 between Singapore-based club Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal.

They were abruptly pulled out before the match began.

The three were denied bail and have been detained at Singapore's Changi prison since April 4.

Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, a Singaporean businessman who allegedly supplied the prostitutes, has also been charged with corruption and granted bail.

The judge lashed out at the FIFA-accredited referees for bringing disrepute to the sport, saying they were probably the first international football match officials to be charged with corruption in Singapore.

"That alone, the fact that you are international officials, in my view, is already an aggravating factor," he said.

"The Singapore public has an interest in preserving football as a professional sport in Singapore. This is because it has social, recreational and economic value," he added.

State prosecutors have said Ali Sabbagh was approached by Ding in "mid-2012" in Beirut, indicating a "clear international dimension" to the offences.

Ding, described in Singaporean media as a nightclub owner who drives an Aston Martin sports car, is facing three counts of corruption charges but was freed after posting bail of $150,000.

Singapore has a long history of match-fixing, and syndicates from the wealthy Southeast Asian island have been blamed by European police for orchestrating a network responsible for rigging hundreds of games worldwide.

 

[Narong Wongwan]

this Ding chap must be damn kuailan with the police.........never heard of anyone here being charged with 'perverting the course of justice' before.
HK movies always hear alot of this phrase.

 

[AntiPAPunk]

Lebanese referee sentenced to six months' jail for match-fixing

Published on Jun 11, 2013

Referee Ali Sabbagh gestures during the AFC Cup soccer match between Kuwait's Al Qadsia and Yemen's Al Saqr in Kuwait City April 12, 2011. Fifa-accredited Lebanese referee Ali Sabbagh, 34, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months' jail for match-fixing. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

By Walter Sim And Ian Poh

Fifa-accredited Lebanese referee Ali Sabbagh, 34, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months' jail for match-fixing.

His term will be backdated to April 4 this year when he was charged for accepting sexual gratification arranged by alleged matchfixer Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, in return for fixing a football match he would be officiating in future.

District Judge Low Wee Ping said: "You were not only cultivated by Ding, you also in turn went on to cultivate, or included, the co-accused linesmen as potential corrupt international football officials." The judge was referring to linesmen Ali Eid, 33 and Abdallah Taleb, 37, who were on Monday sentenced to three months' jail, also backdated to April 4. He added that due to Sabbagh's greater culpability, "it follows that (his) sentence must be a multiple of theirs. "

But the judge took into account the "very significant mitigating factor" that Sabbagh had pleaded guilty when the trial started, and "saved much court time and the state's resources". The Straits Times understands that the two linesmen were released from jail on Monday evening for good behaviour. They will remain in custody of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority until they are deported Tuesday night.

 

[enterprise2]

Lebanese referee sentenced to six months' jail for match-fixing

Published on Jun 11, 2013

Referee Ali Sabbagh gestures during the AFC Cup soccer match between Kuwait's Al Qadsia and Yemen's Al Saqr in Kuwait City April 12, 2011. Fifa-accredited Lebanese referee Ali Sabbagh, 34, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months' jail for match-fixing. -- FILE PHOTO: REUTERS

By Walter Sim And Ian Poh

Fifa-accredited Lebanese referee Ali Sabbagh, 34, was on Tuesday sentenced to six months' jail for match-fixing.

His term will be backdated to April 4 this year when he was charged for accepting sexual gratification arranged by alleged matchfixer Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, in return for fixing a football match he would be officiating in future.

District Judge Low Wee Ping said: "You were not only cultivated by Ding, you also in turn went on to cultivate, or included, the co-accused linesmen as potential corrupt international football officials." The judge was referring to linesmen Ali Eid, 33 and Abdallah Taleb, 37, who were on Monday sentenced to three months' jail, also backdated to April 4. He added that due to Sabbagh's greater culpability, "it follows that (his) sentence must be a multiple of theirs. "

But the judge took into account the "very significant mitigating factor" that Sabbagh had pleaded guilty when the trial started, and "saved much court time and the state's resources". The Straits Times understands that the two linesmen were released from jail on Monday evening for good behaviour. They will remain in custody of the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority until they are deported Tuesday night.

The Barca Bayern CL match looks suspicious kelong! FIFA should investigate!

 

[EyeToEye]

Lebanese ref 'given match-fixing lessons on YouTube'

AFP
Monday, Jul 15, 2013

SINGAPORE - A Lebanese football referee jailed for accepting sex in exchange for agreeing to rig matches testified Monday that a Singaporean businessman used YouTube to show him how to fix a game.

Ali Sabbagh, speaking on the first day of the trial of Eric Ding Si Yang, said the businessman sent him "20 to 30" YouTube links to "teach me how to make wrong decisions".

"The videos had too many decisions where the decision made by the referee is not the right decision," he said.

Ding is accused of providing Sabbagh, 34, and two other Lebanese officials with women who gave them free sexual services ahead of a match in Singapore in April in which they were supposed to officiate.

Sabbagh and the other two officials were all pulled out and placed under investigation before the match. He was found guilty in June and sentenced to six months in jail over the scandal.

Assistant referees Ali Eid and Abdallah Taleb were also convicted and have since been released and deported.

Sabbagh said that in a series of email exchanges late last year, Ding told him that the best way to rig a match was to award penalties.

Sabbagh quoted Ding as saying that "nobody will stop you, nobody will do anything... When the corner comes, just blow and say pushing and pulling... If there is anything in the penalty area, you can blow your whistle".

Sabbagh repeatedly referred to Ding as "James", saying the Singaporean communicated with him through the email address [email protected].

He said Ding, currently out on bail, gave him assurances that he would not be asked to rig matches that would affect his career within the Asian Football Confederation.

State prosecutors said in an opening statement that they filed three charges against Ding for "corruptly giving gratification to three football officials as an inducement to fix football matches that they would officiate in the future".

Ding faces a maximum prison term of five years and fines of up to Sg$100,000 (US$80,000) for each count of corruption.

The case is a colourful addition to Singapore's long history of match-fixing scandals, including allegations that syndicates in the wealthy city-state organised the rigging of hundreds of games worldwide.

 

[GoldenDragon]

Rajah & Tann lawyers would be the ultimate winners when case is over. Ding stands no chance at all. Stupid boy.

 

[rolleyez]

Hostesses in match-fixing case said Lebanese football officials did not pay for sex

Published on Jul 18, 2013

Hostesses Lisa (left) and Chanel, who had entertained the linesmen involved in a football match-fixing case, testified on Thursday, July 18, 2013, that the men did not pay them for the sexual services. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Khushwant Singh

The two hostesses, who had "entertained" the linesmen involved in a football match-fixing case, testified on Thursday that the men did not pay them for the sexual services.

The two women - whose working names are Lisa and Chanel - were giving evidence on the fourth day of the trial of Eric Ding Si Yang. The 31-year-old businessman is accused of bribing three Lebanese soccer officials by arranging for them to receive free sexual favours. The Singaporean is alleged to have arranged the free sexual favours for the officials just hours before they were due to officiate an Asian Football Confederation Cup match between Singapore's Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal.

Lisa, 28, and Chanel, 32, said that a mamasan called Christine drove them, and another hostess by the name of Ann, to Amara Hotel in Tanjong Pagar. She had also handed them condoms and told them twice not to seek payment from the guests.

The three women had initially thought they would be going out to party with the men until they landed in the hotel rooms and had to provide the men with sexual services. They were detained by the authorities while leaving the hotel. Upon their release, they learnt that the person who booked them had not paid up and Christine forked out $450 of her own money to pay each of them. The trio also said that they did not know Ding or who had booked them.

Get the full story from the Straits Times

 

[Charlie99]

LOL. Even the job of being a referee has been outsourced to FTs.

I believe that the referee and linesmen must be from a neutral country, neither India nor Singapore.
Unsure, where the replacement refereee is from.

 

[1sickpuppy II]

You not only failed Geography but also failed common sense.

AFC match, Singapore vs India Team, how to have Singapore or India refrees?

Cannot blame he don't play that type of ball, he play the other type of balls so not too well verse with the rules to this type of ball

 

[pallkia]

Cannot say race unless Chinese if not it is racism according to some assholes in here.

The Chinese should be happy because the they are indirectly being placed in the higher status of society just like in the West anything the Whites do is considered racist compared to their minority!

 

[KangTao]

Match-fixing trial: Deported Lebanese linesmen say 'no' to returning to testify

Published on Aug 27, 2013

Eric Ding Si Yang (left) and his Lawyer Hamidul Haq arrive at the court on Aug 27, 2013. The match-fixing trial of Ding resumed on Tuesday with a twist - two key prosecution witnesses are now not showing up. -- ST PHOTO: WONG KWAI CHOW

By Walter Sim

The match-fixing trial of businessman Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, resumed on Tuesday with two key prosecution witnesses, who were expected to testify, now not showing up.

Ding is accused of bribing three Lebanese Fifa officials with free sexual favours from prostitutes, in return for fixing a match.

Fifa linesmen Abdallah Taleb, 37, and Ali Eid, 33, had been deported on June 10 after serving jail terms of three months each. They were expected to return to Singapore to testify against Ding.

"Each of them say they have made clear and detailed statements in their involvement with Ding Si Yang, and have nothing to add to the statement which can assist the prosecution in the trial," said Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer Jeffrey Tan, who took the stand in an ancillary hearing to determine the admissibility of their statements.

Get the full story from The Straits Times.

 

[halsey02]

The honorable judge must have have told off, "ding dong', that they next time, he appear in court, he don't dress like a 'gu niang'... ha ha ha ha The Entertainers "guess what race"?? we already know the accused are Lesbianese..oops! Lebanese!!

 

[Suspicion]

Updated: 10/31/2013 19:22 | By Channel NewsAsia

Eric Ding linked to suspected match-fixing kingpin Dan Tan in trial

SINGAPORE: The trial of alleged matchfixer Eric Ding resumed on Thursday, as state prosecutors sought to link him with suspected match-fixing mastermind Dan Tan.

Ding is accused of bribing three Lebanese match officials scheduled to take charge of a football game in Singapore in April.

Three witnesses took the stand on Thursday.

Two of them were Ding's ex-colleagues at The New Paper (TNP) -- editor Dominic Nathan, and a former sub-editor at the newspaper, Stanley Ho.

Ding had met Mr Ho when they were both working for the TODAY newspaper in 2003.

Ding went on become a freelance tipster at TNP, where he was reacquainted with Mr Ho, who is now an executive sub-editor with The Straits Times.

Mr Ho said Ding had given him tip-offs on match-fixing stories, including the arrest of convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal in Finland.

Raj had earlier accused Dan Tan of being a ringleader of a Singapore match-fixing syndicate, which was reported by TNP.

Ding had said TNP's coverage was "one-sided" and then volunteered an "associate" of Tan's to provide more information to Mr Ho.

But Mr Ho said it had been suggested that the "associate" was actually Ding himself, using the moniker "James Zen" in email correspondence.

Ding's defence lawyers described him as an aspiring investigative journalist who had won awards for several articles he had written before.

Ding had won awards for articles on match-fixing that he had written as an intern at TODAY, and as a writer at a weekly football magazine.

Ding had also suggested to Mr Ho that he may write a book about match-fixing.

He said the content would be "explosive", given how much he knew about the topic.

It also emerged in court that Mr Ho and Ding were close personal friends, who exchanged emails on match-fixing issues frequently.

Ding last spoke to Mr Ho last month to tell him that Tan was among 14 arrested for alleged match-fixing that month.

The trial continues. - CNA/nd

 

[rushifa666]

Zero tolerance? From CPIB? VEry amusing they would even dare say that now. Your reputation is in shambles. Stop mumbling the words from your master. Its time to think of a new catchphrase. Like only the corrupt can catch the corrupt