Not so fast – suspected global match-fixer Dan Tan is thrown back in jail just a week after release
Singapore’s highest court ruled he was being held unlawfully last week
Singapore businessman Dan Tan has been re-arrested just a week after being released following more than two years in detention on suspicion of coordinating a global soccer match-fixing syndicate.
Singapore police said Wednesday that 51-year-old Tan, also known as Tan Seet Eng, was arrested late Tuesday for “involvement in criminal activities.” He was previously released from jail last Wednesday when the country's highest court ruled he was being held unlawfully.
“The police confirmed that they have arrested Dan Tan on December 1 for investigations into suspected involvement in criminal activities. Investigations are ongoing,” the police statement said.
“We are still finding out what the next steps are,” Haq said. “We will want to try to see him to take instructions. I don't know if the police will allow that.”
Tan was jailed in 2013 after Italian prosecutors accused him of being the mastermind of a global crime syndicate that made millions of dollars betting on rigged Italian matches and other games across the world.