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Fixing News
Latif for in-camera probe
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif wants to have an in-camera
session with the Judicial Commission inquiring into match-fixing and betting
charges, After having discovered some incriminating evidence against some
of the accused players.
The News' has learnt that Latif has sent faxes to the Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) and the Judicial Commission in Lahore seeking the in-camera
session with Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum, who earlier this week fell
ill, as a result of which the final hearing of the commission could not
take place on March 3. It is understood that the former keeper has requested
for a session since he wants to submit some concrete evidences allegedly
implicating some players in the match-fixing and betting racket. These
evidences are said to be in the form of audio recordings of some players
they had with bookmakers, in which outcome of some matches were discussed
and deals brokered. The Commission is due to hold a final hearing in which
the accused players would be given the chance to cross examine their accusers
and the evidences collected so far by the commission during the course
of its inquiry since September last.
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