The Ministry of Public Security said it is all set to investigate a charge by Hanoi ACB club chairman that some referees offered wins to any team willing to pay them VND500 million (US$24,400).
Nguyen Duc Kien had said this at a conference held in Hanoi on September 8 to review last season which ended amid charges of corruption by referees.
He himself had been made such an offer ahead of the penultimate V-League match between Hoa Phat Hanoi and Dong Tam Long An on August 14. He is the patron of Hoa Phat.
The Hanoi club ended up winning 3-2 despite rejecting it.
Hoa Phat coach Nguyen Thanh Vinh confirmed the referees had made the offer.
The officials for the scandalous game were referee Vu Bao Linh – voted the second best referee in Vietnam this year -- linesmen Nguyen Phong Vu and Nguyen Ngoc Ha, fourth referee Vo Minh Tri, and supervisors Tran Quoc Dung and Pham Chu Thien.
The Vietnam Football Federation vice chairman Nguyen Lan Trung said police officers from the ministry would begin their probe this week.
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