ICC pleased with informants on SLC corruption

ICC General Manager of Anti-corruption Alex Marshall says he is encouraged by the number of persons that have come forward pertaining to corruption in cricket in Sri Lanka.

Issuing a statement Marshall said they are approaching the end of the first week of our 15-day amnesty to participants who have previously failed to report any information concerning corrupt conduct in Sri Lankan cricket.

He said this intelligence is assisting ongoing and wide-ranging investigations in Sri Lanka as well as enabling them to continue to develop a comprehensive picture of the situation.

Alex Marshall also urged any more players or participants who have any information concerning corrupt conduct to come forward over the next week and share it with the ICC in the strictest of confidence without any fear of repercussions.

The International Cricket Council is holding a 15-day amnesty from 16-31 January to participants who have previously failed to report any information concerning corrupt conduct in Sri Lankan cricket.

It applies to all participants under both the ICC and Sri Lankan Cricket Anti-Corruption codes.

Under these codes, both domestic and international participants are obliged to report, without delay, full details of any approaches, incident or information that they receive to engage in corrupt conduct.

Failure to do so is a serious offence and can result in a ban from cricket of up to five years.

However, under the amnesty, any information reported by a participant will not attract a charge for their failure to report previously.

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