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PSSI denounces match-fixing allegation
Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) chairman La Nyalla Mattalitti said the association considered an allegation that the Indonesian U-23 soccer team had engaged in match fixing in the 2015 SEA Games slanderous
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ndonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) chairman La Nyalla Mattalitti said the association considered an allegation that the Indonesian U-23 soccer team had engaged in match fixing in the 2015 SEA Games slanderous.
'I can confirm that the PSSI will not keep quiet about the match-fixing allegation. The PSSI will take the legal path to fight against the slander,' he said on his Twitter account as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The case began when BS, who claimed to be a player involved in match fixing, alleged that match-fixing practices had been committed by Indonesian soccer teams at national and international matches, including ones against Thailand and Vietnam in the recent Games in Singapore, and reported the matter to the National Police's crime investigation division.
Accompanied by representatives of a number of legal aid institutes, BS reported several case of alleged payoffs involving Indonesian soccer teams from 2000 to 2015.
In the police report filed on Tuesday, BS said the money for payoffs during the 2000-2012 period came from regional budgets. Meanwhile, payoffs during of 2010-2015 came from a Malaysian investor identified by the initials DAS.
BS reported club managers, players and several PSSI officials for alleged match fixing to the police. BS said he was ready to be punished for his involvement in the match-fixing practices.
BS' advocacy team also played a recording of an alleged conversation on fixing matches played in by the U-23 national team in the 2015 SEA Games between BS and someone thought to be a bookie or investor from Malaysia.
The advocacy team said, however, that the recording had not been officially reported to the police as it had yet to obtain supporting evidence needed for the police report. (ebf)(++++)
