Crackdown on match-fixing digs deep

China's campaign against match fixing is drawing attention from the public. An arrest warrant from Interpol was the initial source of the ongoing football furor.

This man is 42-year-old Wang Xin. He was the General Manager and team leader for the Liaoning Guangyuan Football Club.

Xu Hu, Assistant Bureau Directorof Ministry of Public Security, said, "Wang Xin registered the franchise in Singapore. But he was allegedly wanted for soccer gambling and match fixing. He fled back to China to avoid trial in Singapore. That's why Interpol sent us the request to hunt him down."

To avoid the police, Wang Xin turned off his mobile phone and went into exile. After four months of unrelenting efforts, law enforcement's persistence paid off, as the fugitive finally surrendered.

Wang's apprehension led to the exposure of more match-fixing scandals.

He told the police that the Guangzhou Pharmaceutical club paid the Shanxi Luhu team 200-thousand yuan for a victory in 2006.

To maximize profits from international gambling websites, the two teams' players were instructed to make the result a blowout, a low probability outcome with much greater financial returns.

To complete the under-the-table deal, Shanxi lost the game against Guangzhou by a 5 to 1 margin.