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Indonesian badminton association to screen shuttlers to avoid match-fixing
The idea is that background checks would strengthen efforts to monitor players and avoid match-fixing.
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PBSI secretary-general Eddy Soekarno (left) met with some of the Indonesian shuttlers punished by the BWF for their involvement in match-fixing. The meeting was held at the PBSI's training center in Cipayung, East Jakarta, on Jan. 11. (Kompas.com/PBSI)
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he recent blow dealt to the Indonesian badminton society by a group of Indonesian shuttlers involved in match-fixing practices at low-level tournaments, as announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), has prompted the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) to get more involved in screening players.
The idea is that background checks would strengthen efforts to monitor players and avoid match-fixing.
“We are mulling [options] right now, including the possibility to expand our role during the registration to badminton tournaments. We need to act immediately, as this will seriously taint our reputation,’ PBSI spokesman Broto Happy told The Jakarta Post recently.
However, Broto also said that the PBSI would need the BWF to tighten regulations, such as by increasing rank requirements for low-key tournaments, so that not all players would be able to participate in those tournaments.
This, he added, would be an effective way to screen players and keep out those with ulterior motives.
He acknowledged that the PBSI, in the past, would simply assist players looking to participate in tournaments and was not authorized to do checks and rechecks on a player’s background.
“Usually we only serve them, the players, whenever they want to join a tournament. We help them during the registration process,” he said.
