Indian-origin man charged with match-fixing

Singapore, May 30: An Indian-origin man in Singapore, along with three others, were charged on Saturday for their alleged role in conspiring to fix a South East Asian (SEA) Games football match. Singapore-based Rajendran R. Kurusamy, 55, was accused of corruptly agreeing to give S$15,000 ($11,130) to Orlando Marques Henriques Mendes -- the technical director of the Football Federation of Timor Leste -- as a reward, in exchange for arranging for his football team to lose their SEA Games match against Malaysia, Channel News Asia reported. Rajendran has denied the charge. Orlando is also the team manager for the football team fielded by Timor Leste for the SEA Games. Court documents revealed that Rajendran had met the official at Singapore's Orchid Country Club on May 28. Orlando was charged for allegedly agreeing to accept the money.