Match-fixer gets higher jail term

SINGAPORE — Businessman Eric Ding Si Yang had his jail term upped by the High Court today (Jan 16) from three years to five years for bribing football match officials.

Justice Chan Seng Onn allowed the prosecution’s appeal for a higher penalty and said the earlier sentence was manifestly inadequate.

The prosecution had argued for four to six years’ jail for Ding, who had provided prostitutes to three Lebanese match officials to induce them to agree to match-fixing. The officials were arrested before the match.

Ding was convicted last July.