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The new kelong king?

June 14, 2012 - 2:00am

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Dilenjit Singh
Zaihan Mohamed Yusof

He's the “leader” and “organiser” of a global match-fixing syndicate that has plagued Italian football.

That’s how Italian court papers describe Singaporean Dan Tan Seet Eng (above), 47, in an ongoing investigation into match-rigging.

The New Paper obtained the latest edition of the Cremona investigation papers, which chronicle Tan’s alleged involvement in the rigging of 33 matches in Italy’s top two leagues, Serie A and Serie B, over the last two years.

As much as two million euros ($3.2 million) was bet on one of the rigged matches through the use of Asian betting websites.

Meanwhile, the general manager of former S-League club Liaoning Guangyuan, Wang Xin, has been sentenced to seven years in a China jail for bribing and gambling, Xinhua reported.

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Submitted by andytan899 on June 15, 2012 - 2:41pm

It makes you wonder how many of these matches are fixed, with people like Dan Tan manipulating the results.

It is of course a high stakes game.

You can catch one Dan Tan, but how many more Dan Tan's are there, around the world ??

Many Dan Tan's are waiting to take over as the "Kelong King".

I wonder if they should be called People who manipulate with history??

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