Thai player Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon has been charged with fixing six snooker matches between 2013 and 2015.
And the 28-year-old has been suspended from all activity pending a formal hearing of the WPBSA disciplinary committee likely to take place in the near future. Tirapongpaiboon, who fell off the tour in 2016, had been set to regain his pro card this season having reached the final of an Asian-Oceania qualifying school event.
But a WPBSA statement released in June hinted at what was to follow, confirming that due to “outstanding disciplinary matters” a decision had been taken not to re-admit him. That place was instead offered to Asjad Iqbal of Pakistan for the current campaign.
