Lebanese refs denied bail
April 11, 2013, Thursday
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A SINGAPORE court yesterday denied bail to three Lebanese football referees accused of accepting free sex from a gambling-linked international syndicate to rig a match.
District judge Kamala Ponnampalam agreed with state prosecutors that there was a risk referee Ali Sabbagh, 34, and his fellow Lebanese assistants Ali Eid, 33, and Abdallah Taleb, 37, would flee Singapore if given provisional liberty. Defense lawyer Gary Low told the court the three, who could be jailed for up to five years if convicted of corruption, plan to plead not guilty to the charges. Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, a businessman who allegedly supplied the prostitutes, was granted bail on Tuesday by the same judge. The three Lebanese men were arrested before an AFC Cup match on April 3 between Singapore-based club Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal.
District judge Kamala Ponnampalam agreed with state prosecutors that there was a risk referee Ali Sabbagh, 34, and his fellow Lebanese assistants Ali Eid, 33, and Abdallah Taleb, 37, would flee Singapore if given provisional liberty. Defense lawyer Gary Low told the court the three, who could be jailed for up to five years if convicted of corruption, plan to plead not guilty to the charges. Eric Ding Si Yang, 31, a businessman who allegedly supplied the prostitutes, was granted bail on Tuesday by the same judge. The three Lebanese men were arrested before an AFC Cup match on April 3 between Singapore-based club Tampines Rovers and India's East Bengal.
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