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| Nepal footballers charged with treason for match-fixing | Nepal footballers charged with treason for match-fixing |
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| Five Nepali footballers have been charged with treason over allegations of match-fixing during qualifiers in 2011 for the World Cup, police said. | Five Nepali footballers have been charged with treason over allegations of match-fixing during qualifiers in 2011 for the World Cup, police said. |
| Former Captain Sagar Thapa and goalkeeper Ritesh Thapa as well as three others were arrested last month. | Former Captain Sagar Thapa and goalkeeper Ritesh Thapa as well as three others were arrested last month. |
| Police said significant sums of money were found in their bank accounts from suspected match-fixers in South East Asia. | Police said significant sums of money were found in their bank accounts from suspected match-fixers in South East Asia. |
| The athletes allegedly deliberately lost a number of qualifiers. | The athletes allegedly deliberately lost a number of qualifiers. |
| The men have previously denied any wrongdoing and maintain that they are innocent. | |
| "The government has charged the five footballers arrested last month with treason and has sought a life sentence as punishment," Bhadrakali Pokharel, registrar at the Special Court in Kathmandu, told AFP news agency. | "The government has charged the five footballers arrested last month with treason and has sought a life sentence as punishment," Bhadrakali Pokharel, registrar at the Special Court in Kathmandu, told AFP news agency. |
| Mr Pokharel said they were charged under a 1989 act that anyone "causing or attempting to cause disorder with the intention of jeopardising Nepal's sovereignty, integrity or national unity, shall be liable for life imprisonment". | Mr Pokharel said they were charged under a 1989 act that anyone "causing or attempting to cause disorder with the intention of jeopardising Nepal's sovereignty, integrity or national unity, shall be liable for life imprisonment". |
| The footballers are expected to be presented before a court on Monday. | The footballers are expected to be presented before a court on Monday. |
| Football's world governing body Fifa has been embroiled in a series of alleged corruption scandals in recent months. | Football's world governing body Fifa has been embroiled in a series of alleged corruption scandals in recent months. |