Two more Vietnamese footballers were arrested Wednesday, bringing to four the number detained over allegations of match-fixing in the recent Southeast Asian games, an official said.
"Midfielders Huynh Quoc Anh and Le Bat Hieu of the Under 23 team were arrested this morning," Vu Hang, a security official of the Vietnam Football Federation, told AFP.
The arrest followed interrogation by police over attempts to arrange the result of a match against Myanmar, which Vietnam won 1-0.
Leading striker Pham Van Quyen and midfielder Le Quoc Vuong were arrested last week. Three other players are being investigated.
Some Vietnamese players had appeared to slow down their play in the Myanmar match. Police are also investigating allegations of an attempt to fix another match with Malaysia that Vietnam won 2-1.
On Monday, Vietnam Football Federation vice chairman Le The Tho resigned, saying he had been unfairly linked to the case in the state-run media.
Tho, who was in charge of the U-23 team during the Games in the Philippines, was earlier reported to have told VFF officials that he only learned of match-fixing attempts two minutes before the Myanmar match.
Vietnamese football has been under intense scrutiny with police already investigating fraud allegations implicating some 90 referees, coaches and players in the professional V-League.
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