Singapore police charged 14 people with rioting in connection with a fight that broke out earlier this week among foreign workers over a televised cricket match, media reports said today.

A total of 35 people were arrested over three days, police said, adding that three were charged with affray, the reports said.

The brawl kicked off late Tuesday between South Asian migrant workers over a cricket match between Bangladesh and the West Indies, screened live on television, the Today newspaper reported. The West Indies won the game.

“The police will not condone such lawless and violent behaviour in public affecting the sense of security of the community. We will hunt down the perpetrators of such crimes and ensure they face the full brunt of the law,” Commander Alvin Moh told the newspaper.

If found guilty of rioting, the accused could face prison terms of up to seven years.

The last significant unrest involving migrant workers was in December in the Little India district of the tightly-controlled city-state, seen as the worst rioting Singapore had experienced in decades.

- dpa