Soccer scandal shows darker side of regimented Singapore

news.yahoo.com 07 Feb '13, 9pm

Soccer scandal shows darker side of regimented Singapore

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore has long cultivated a reputation as a clean, safe and regimented place to live and do business in a turbulent region, but the apparently major role of Singaporeans in a global soccer match-fixing scandal shows a seamy underside often out of view. The soccer scam, graft cases against high-level officials and revelations that some bank traders colluded to manipulate currency rates run contrary to the image of an orderly society, well-swept streets and manicured greenery in a place dubbed "Disneyland with the death penalty" by writer William Gibson. There was no particular reason for match-fixers to be based in Singapore, other than some of the suspects happened to live in the wealthy city-state, said Shashi Nathan , a leading criminal lawyer, noting that the syndicates worked in private and across borders using mobile phones and computers. "I'...

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