A supervisor at a construction company with a match-fixing history "was sentenced to four years in jail on Monday for bribing a foreign coach and players in Singapore in an attempt to rig a preliminary Southeast Asian Games match." Rajendran R. Kurusamy, 55, "pleaded guilty to meeting Timor Leste's team manager, Orlando Marques Henriques Mendes, in Singapore on May 28 with the help of an Indonesian referee and a former Timor Leste player." All four men "were arrested by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau" (AP, 9/22). ... The World Anti-Doping Agency and the General Administration of Sport of China signed a memorandum of understanding that will help track and eliminate the illegal manufacture and supply of performance-enhancing drugs and raw materials for the production of PEDs in China. The partnership signifies a breakthrough in the joint law enforcement-anti-doping effort to clamp down on the illegal production of PEDs in China. Under the agreement, WADA and Interpol will be instrumental in providing information to Chinese law enforcement organizations so that illegal manufacturers and suppliers of PEDs across China can be targeted and dismantled (WADA).
