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■穿3號球衣的姚韡因賄賂他人「打假波」被判入勞教中心。 資料圖片
香港青年足球代表隊球員姚韡因以數萬元賄款游說2名隊友在去年底香港青年軍對俄羅斯青年軍的足球友誼賽中「打假波」被判入勞教中心。「打假波」違背公平誠實競賽的體育精神，窒礙體育運動的健康發展，更敗壞社會風氣，造成惡劣影響，必須依法嚴懲，讓運動員及社會引以為戒。事件更提醒本港應加強打擊外圍賭波活動和提高運動員的職業道德，增強本港體壇的抗腐蝕能力，保持公平公正作賽的體育精神，推動本港體育運動健康發展。
「打假波」的危害不單違背體育精神，喪失作為運動員的人格和尊嚴，更嚴重的是顛倒是非黑白，鼓吹為謀取利益而放棄、破壞最基本社會價值觀，最終也會令運動受到重創。內地足球長期萎靡不振，黑哨充斥、「打假波」屢禁不絕正是其致命傷。香港向來崇尚法治廉潔的社會風氣，重視公平公正公開的價值觀，對於「打假波」的歪風一定要及時遏止，絕不能任其蔓延擴散。警方必須加強執法，嚴厲打擊外圍賭波活動；法庭更要對非法賭波、「打假波」予以具阻嚇性的判罰，以引起社會的高度重視，防範非法賭波、「打假波」在本港氾濫。
Match fixing has adverse effects and must be severely punished
Member of the Hong Kong Football Youth Representative Team Iu Wai, who offered a bribe of several hundred thousand dollars to two teammates for fixing the friendly game between the Hong Kong Youth Team and the Russian Youth Team at the end of last year, was sentenced to custody in a detention centre. Match fixing not only contravenes sportsmanship which should stress fair and honest play, but also hampers the healthy development of sports. Even worse, it corrupts social morality and brings bad effects to society. Such wrong deed should be severely punished according to law to warn athletes and the public against doing the same. The incident also serves as a reminder that Hong Kong needs to strengthen the fight against football betting from outside the territory, and improve the professional ethics of its athletes. By enhancing its ability to resist corruption and upholding the sporting spirit of fairness and justice, the sports community of Hong Kong can then be able to promote the healthy development of sports in Hong Kong.
Besides the violation of sportsmanship and the loss of integrity and dignity as an athlete, the more serious harm of match fixing is the confusion of right and wrong and the incitement to pursue personal gains through giving up or even undermining the most basic social values. In the end, it will deeply hurt the world of sports. The sport of football has been very weak on the mainland for a long time. The deadly cause of the situation is exactly the prevalence of bribed referees and inextinguishable match fixing. Hong Kong prides itself on a culture which upholds the rule of law and stands out against corruption. It also places great emphasis on values of fairness, justice and openness. Wrongful deeds such as match fixing have to be cracked down immediately and must not be allowed to spread. The police needs to strengthen law enforcement and relentlessly combat illegal football betting activities from outside Hong Kong while the court should give severe punishment to illegal betting and match fixing as a deterrent. These efforts together will arouse greater public awareness and so prevent the spreading of illegal football betting and match fixing in Hong Kong. ■Translation by 東明 tungming23@gmail.com
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