Zaenal was dropped from the Indonesia squad days before their crunch Group D clash with South Korea after telling coach Ivan Kolev he had broken a 10 p.m. curfew by an hour.

Indonesia lost the game 1-0 and were dumped out of the tournament.

"I lied when I said I was in my room by 11 p.m.," he told a disciplinary hearing.

"The truth was I came back to the hotel at 2:30 a.m."

Zaenal had also handed over a cash bonus he received from the country's soccer association, Indonesian news agency Antara reported.

The player is expected to learn his fate later on Tuesday.