<p>Dubai (United Arab Emirates): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday launched an appeal to find one remaining suspected match-fixer from a recent documentary by Al Jazeera.</p><p>The appeal is part of an extensive investigation by the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), and the alleged fixer, known as Aneel Munawar, remains unidentified. The programme makers have indicated that this man will now be central to a second documentary.</p><p>Alex Marshall, General Manager ICC ACU, said: \"We have identified every other person in the original documentary and have spoken to a number of them in connection with match fixing, including those who are not deemed to be participants under our Anti-Corruption Code.\"</p><p>\"However, the true identity of Aneel Munawar remains a mystery. He plays a significant role in the programme, yet enquiries with law enforcement and immigration sources have not identified or located him,\" he added.</p><p>The ICC called on the public or anyone from within the cricket fraternity for information that will lead to identify and locate the match-fixer. \"Police investigations often use such an appeal to locate people of interest and we are exercising the same approach,\" it added.</p><p>Emphasising that the global governing body of cricket has made a good progress in unearthing the details, Marshall stated, \"We are aware that there is a second documentary in the offing, this time based on historical recordings between a fixer, suspected to be Munawar and bookies in India. As with the first programme, we will investigate any claims made in a full and thorough manner and we take any allegations of corruption, historical or contemporary, extremely seriously.\"</p><p>\"As with the first programme we have and will continue to ask for the cooperation of the broadcaster. Access to the raw, unedited footage enables us to build a complete picture around the claims in the documentary and ensure our investigation is as fair and thorough as possible,\" he stated. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>
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