The man on the telephone confirmed that Thailand would defeat Indonesia in the semifinal of the SEA Games Singapore 2015. "If not 3-1, then 4-0 or 3-0," the Malay-accented man told Balbalan Sakti-not his real name-on Saturday two weeks ago. Balbalan had telephoned the man he knows as 'Das' several hours before the match between the two countries was set to start.

Das claimed Indonesia had agreed to 'work'-a term used for teams that have agreed to lose