Lawyers for a footballer implicated in Hong Kong’s largest match-fixing case in recent years have argued that one of his former teammates made false accusations against him due to a conflict among the players.
Former Hong Kong Under-23 player Brian Fok appeared at Eastern Court on Monday accused of offering bribes of HK$50,000 (US$6,430) to two teammates in 2021 and conspiring with three others to rig 32 local matches during the 2022-23 season.
The 31-year-old Nigerian-born defender pleaded not…