A former Singapore goalkeeper says that he had been physically abused while doing time in jail here.
German goalie Lutz Pfannenstiel, now 38, was sentenced to five months in jail for match-fixing while playing for Geylang United Football Club in 2001, having been charged with corruption alongside then-Sembawang Rangers defender Mirko Jurilj the year before.
In the years since his release and departure from Singapore, he told foreign media in interviews that he was not guilty of the crimes he was charged for, and also that he was nearly raped by other inmates and was interrogated like a “hardened criminal” by officers from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB). Full story
