Singapore is working with European authorities investigating the fixing of football matches on a global scale, but its silence on taking any action against local suspects risks damaging the reputation of the wealthy, tightly regulated Asian country.
European investigators said this week they believe the results of hundreds of soccer matches were fixed at club and national level, with some of the key figures alleged to have run the bribery scam out of Singapore.
Interpol's chief Ronald Noble has told Singapore's Straits Times newspaper it would be wrong to assume "that only Asian organised crime is responsible for match-fixing in Europe and around the world".
At the same time he said until leading figures are arrested, organised criminals will appear above the law and Singapore's reputation will continue to suffer.
Singapore hosted an Interpol-sponsored meeting in November of about 50 international sports integrity experts to discuss match-fixing and how to combat corruption.
