Zullkifli Zainolabidin, the Singaporean goalkeeper, asked by former Malaysia coach Chow Kwai Lam to fix a domestic soccer match said it had been a mistake to attempt to bribe him as he's a former police officer.

Chow, 64, was found guilty by a Singapore court last week of offering a bribe to the former Paya Lebar Punggol keeper to let the opposition score two or three goals in a 2005 match.

Chow, who received a life ban from football in Singapore and Malaysia, was fined S$50,000 ($33,050) by the court on Tuesday.