Dan Tan was initially held under the act first created to counter gangsterism You might not know who Dan Tan Seet Eng is, but you really really should. For one, he’s been described as “the leader of the world’s most notorious match-fixing syndicate”, according to international policemen Interpol. So yeah, he’s not just some random person walking around Orchard Road. In fact, he hasn’t walked along Orchard Road for more than two years. That’s because Tan was detained in Oct 2013, for his involvement in organised crime activities, following a series of raids in mid-Sept 2013. Tan was later indefinitely detained under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act (CLTPA), which allows for detention without trial for up to a year, and can be renewed annually. Tan’s brief freedom Tan appealed his detention in Nov 2014, but was unsuccessful. He tried again this year, and was released immediately from the Court of Appeal on 25 Nov 2015. Tan claimed he was framed, and was merely running errands for Wilson Raj Perumal, who is currently being held in Hungary for match-fixing investigations. According to the Guardian, Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon said that the fixed football matches all took place overseas, and there was “nothing to suggest they could have […]
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