Bangkok Post
11 Apr 2008
Singapore (dpa) - The seven-month jail term of an S-League footballer who took money from his manager to throw a game was cut to five months, news reports said Friday.
Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong said that Zhao Zhipeng, a 26-year-old forward, had been under the thumb of a controlling general manager and had "no choice" but to fix the match.
Zhao was the first of seven Liaoning Guangyuan footballers accused of match-fixing to be convicted. Manager Wang Xin, who was charged with offering bribes to all his players, jumped bail in January.
All the players are Chinese nationals.
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