On Wednesday (9 January), the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the 15-day amnesty for the participants who haven’t reported yet any information about the corruption in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
This special amnesty will run between 16 January and 31 January 2019 and it will apply to all participants under both the ICC and Sri Lankan Cricket Anti-Corruption codes. The reports can be made at any time in the announced period.
Both domestic and international participants are obliged to report under this amnesty. ICC is expecting the full details of any approaches, incident or information that connected with the corruption.
Under this amnesty, the participants will not be charged for their failure to report previously. However, the failure to report will be considered as a serious offence and it can result in a ban from the game up to five years.
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This step has been taken after some corruption cases have been broken out recently against some former Sri Lanka international cricketers and administrators.
The ICC General Manager – Anti-Corruption, Alex Marshall told in the media release, “This is the first time the ICC has held an amnesty and it is in response to the very specific challenges we face in Sri Lanka. Allowing retrospective reporting of alleged approaches to engage in corrupt conduct will assist in our ongoing and wide-ranging investigations, as well as enabling us to continue to develop a comprehensive picture of the situation there.”
“If any player or participant has any information concerning corrupt conduct they should come forward and share it with us now without fear of any repercussions.
“We would urge any participant with any information that may demonstrate corrupt conduct affecting cricket in Sri Lanka to come forward in the strictest of confidence.”
Recently, in the last year, the legendary Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has been charged for violating ICC’s anti-corruption code after not co-operating in the investigations.
In next, the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) chief financial officer, Nandika Dissanayake, was arrested for his involvement in fraud of over a $5.5 million for the sale of television rights during the last England tour of Sri Lanka.
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Later, another former Sri Lankan pacer and bowling coach Nuwan Zoysa has been provisionally suspended by SLC on match-fixing charge.
Another former Sri Lankan pacer Dilhara Lokuhettige also faced the charge for violating the anti-corruption code relating to the T10 league in UAE.
