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Wilson Raj Perumal has been labeled the world's most prolific match-fixer in football's recent history. Born a village boy in rural Singapore in the mid-60's, Wilson climbed the heights of international match-fixing across five continents, becoming FIFA's most wanted man.
Like a "guppy in the sea", Wilson started off a small gambler, mixing with the local Singapore bookies, and witnessed the rise and fall of the old-school Asian "big fish" of match-fixing until he found himself competing against them in a world with no set rules, where turncoats are the norm and quick money the only drive.
Perumal was arrested in Finland in February 2011 and decided to collaborate with authorities opening football's Pandora's box. In his book, Wilson reveals an unprecedented account of how the international match-fixing underworld has influenced the outcomes of matches at every level of football that we may well have watched unsuspectingly.
Kelong Kings is the ultimate tale about gambling, soccer and match-fixing, told directly by the man who made it all happen. But be advised, after you read this book, you will never be able to watch a football match in the same way again.
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FINLAND, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE, CHINA, UZBEKISTAN, QATAR, CZECH REPUBLIC, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, INDIA, AUSTRALIA, UK, CHELSEA, BIRMINGHAM, LIVERPOOL, FLOODLIGHTS, ARSENAL, WIMBLEDON, WEST HAM, DERBY, CRYSTAL PALACE, USA, TUNISIA, PORTUGAL, NIGERIA, BRAZIL, MEXICO, ZIMBABWE, BOSNIA, VIETNAM, GERMANY, BARCELONA, FENERBACHE, SPAIN, TURKEY, JAPAN, GHANA, SOUTH AFRICA, LESOTHO, MYANMAR, LAOS, NORTH KOREA, BENIN, NAMIBIA, TOGO, LEBANON, CHILE, IRAQ, THAILAND, SIERRA LEONE, SYRIA, BELGIUM, ARGENTINA, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, PAKISTAN, MOZAMBIQUE, OMAN, MALI, AFGHANISTAN, NEPAL, SAUDI ARABIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, JAMAICA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, CUBA, BAHRAIN, SERBIA, ALBINOLEFFE, NAPOLI, SAMPDORIA, BARI, BRESCIA, PANAMA, HAITI, EL SALVADOR, CONGO, JORDAN, KENYA, GRENADA, HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, BULGARIA, EGYPT, GUATEMALA, IRAN, MALAWI, SUDAN, BOTSWANA, ZAMBIA, GUINEA, IVORY COAST, SEYCHELLES, RWANDA, NETHERLANDS, ANGOLA, NIGER, TANZANIA, MACAO, COLOMBIA, DENMARK, MOROCCO, CAMEROON, PARAGUAY, BOLIVIA, PERU, VENEZUELA, ECUADOR, COSTA RICA, MOLDOVA, BURKINA FASO, HUNGARY, KUWAIT, LATVIA, ESTONIATimes
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Kelong Kings: Confessions of the world's most prolific match-fixer
2014, Invisible Dog
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I had just landed in Vantaa airport, Helsinki, Finland, from the small arctic town of Rovaniemi, when they stopped me. Only me. So I immediately sensed that something was amiss. It wasn't really a random check; they were already after me, following my every move. Somehow they had missed me in Rovaniemi; perhaps they didn't expect me to take the first flight out at six o'clock in the morning. So when I showed up in Vantaa airport the police stopped me, checked my passport and escorted me down to the airport's Police holding bay. Then an officer came in.
"You're traveling under a false passport", he said.
The officer was holding a picture of me in his hand; a big picture. I couldn't recognize the T-shirt that I wore in the photo.
"Where the fuck did I get that T-shirt from", it looked like an old picture.
The officer examined the photo carefully, then began scrutinizing me.
"This is not the guy".
Old photo.
He checked for a cut on my forehead; I have a little scar just below my hairline, but the officer couldn't spot it.
"No, no, no", he shook his head. "This is not the guy".
But the police in Rovaniemi insisted that they hold on to me, so there I was, sitting in the Vantaa Helsinki airport's holding bay.
Someone had given the Finnish authorities all of my true details: Singaporean, Indian origin, my real name, my picture. The police had called all the hotels in town.
"When he checks in", they demanded, "please contact us immediately".
Somebody had been saving this old photo of me for this... But who?
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