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Police foil another match fixing case in Indonesian soccer
Police have named eight bribery suspects, including former PS Mojokerto Putra owner Vigit Waluyo, who are implicated in a match fixing scheme involving an unnamed Liga 2 club.
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National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (left) looks on as Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) chairman Erick Thohir (center) speaks on Dec. 13, 2023 to Maruarar Sirait (right), head of the Anti-Soccer Mafia Independent Task Force, after a press briefing at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta. (Antara/Aditya Pradana Putra)
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he National Police have named eight suspects in a bribery case related to fixing a match in 2018 to prevent a certain club from being demoted from Indonesian soccer’s second-tier Liga 2 to Liga 3.
At a press conference on Wednesday, the police’s anti-soccer mafia task force released the names of the eight suspects, including referees Khairuddin, Reza Pahlevi, Agung Setiawan and Ratawi and referee liaison Kartika Mustikaningtyas.
The task force also named as suspects Dewanti Rahadmoyo Nugroho and Vigit Waluyo, respectively the assistant manager of the soccer club involved in the case and former owner of another club.
The police have not disclosed the name of the club.
The eighth suspect was named as Gregorius Andi Setyo, who allegedly acted as a middleman in the illicit deal. Gregorius is still at large, and has been placed on the police’s most-wanted list.
“We’ve found [enough evidence] on the match fixing allegations that allowed [the unnamed] club to stay in Liga 2,” said National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.
Task force chief Insp. Gen. Asep Edi Suheri added that investigators found enough evidence that the club’s representatives had tried to fix the match by bribing referees to help give the club an advantage and so win the match and escape relegation to the third-tier Liga 3.
