Nepal footballers charged with treason for match-fixing

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Five Nepali footballers have been charged with treason over allegations of match-fixing during qualifiers in 2011 for the World Cup, police said.

Former Captain Sagar Thapa and goalkeeper Ritesh Thapa as well as three others were arrested last month.
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"The government has charged the five footballers arrested last month with treason and has sought a life sentence as punishment," Bhadrakali Pokharel, registrar at the Special Court in Kathmandu, told AFP news agency.

Mr Pokharel said they were charged under a 1989 act that anyone "causing or attempting to cause disorder with the intention of jeopardising Nepal's sovereignty, integrity or national unity, shall be liable for life imprisonment".
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34763303

Found on DU in Sports, but I thought it was so interesting I reposted in GD: http://www.democraticunderground.com/120459518

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1. Good thing the Patriots don't play there.