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Nepal footballers charged with treason for match-fixing
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".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34763303
Former Captain Sagar Thapa and goalkeeper Ritesh Thapa as well as three others were arrested last month.
...
"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".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-34763303
These guys, without bribes, probably earn almost nothing. The temptation must be huge.
