Update | Six Happy Valley players among nine arrested over match-fixing allegations
Six soccer players from the First Division Happy Valley team are among nine people arrested for alleged match-fixing, the Independent Commission Against Corruption said yesterday.
The nine men were six players, an executive officer at the club, a representative of its sponsor, and a former player.
A source familiar with the investigation said the players were Fan Weijun, Chao Pengfei, Sasa Mus, Darko Bozovic, Wilfred Bamnjo and Lau Ka-shing.
"An investigation showed each player was paid tens of thousands of dollars as a reward for participating in rigging a football match," the source said.
While it is disappointing that the finger of suspicion is being pointed at a club playing in the HKFA league, we fully support this [ICAC] investigation
Fan and Chao are from the mainland while Mus and Bozovic are from Croatia and Bosnia, respectively. Bamnjo, a Cameroonian who has played in Hong Kong for more than seven years, is registered as a local player.
