Adelaide, Australia: January 29, 2008 - IR Summary -Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was advised that if he wants to get out of the Code of Conduct Level 3.3 charge of racial abuse against him, he must accept a minor crime, since that’s the only way to come out of the main allegation.

Harbhajan Singh was further hinted that if he accepts that he gave a minor abuse, he might escape with some match-fine. just a 50 per cent fine of his match-fee.

As advised by Shashank and VR Manohar, the son-father duo of the BCCI, Harbhajan Singh admitted that he uttered a minor abuse to Andrew Symonds and did not do anything that could fetch him the charge of racial abuse.

Even though Harbhajan Singh in fact did not abuse to Andrew Symonds, he had no other option but to accept it since he wanted to get out of  the charge of Code of Conduct Level 3.3 of racial abuse.

Judge Hansen considered lack of evidence against Harbhajan and that didn’t prove the racial abuse and acquitted him from that charge.

When asked Harbhajan Singh said that uttered a minor abuse and for that Judge Hansen found him guilty and imposed a penalty of a 50 per cent fine of his match-fee.