FIFA hopeful denies wrongdoing with payments
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FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon said yesterday that payments he made to Haiti and Pakistan in 2010 were 鈥渃haritable donations鈥 and any attempt to use them as part of a reported ethics investigation was 鈥渃ynical and unethical鈥.
Responding to media reports that world soccer鈥檚 governing body was investigating the South Korean billionaire over the 鈥渄isaster relief鈥 funds, Chung said he had been donating to causes since the 1990s.
鈥淩ecent media reports allege that FIFA has started an investigation into FIFA Honorary Vice President Dr Chung Mong-Joon鈥檚 2010 donations to disaster relief funds to Haiti and Pakistan,鈥 he said the statement.
鈥淚f these reports are true, we condemn this as a cynical and unethical effort by FIFA to misrepresent even charitable donations for political manipulation.鈥
FIFA鈥檚 ethics committee declined to comment.
It is not the first time that Chung鈥檚 name has been raised in a potential ethics case.
Last November, he featured in FIFA鈥檚 Ethics report into bidding for the World Cup in 2018 and 2022, in which South Korea made a bid to host.
This looked into letters that Chung sent, in late 2010, to FIFA executive committee members about a proposal to establish a 鈥淕lobal Football Fund鈥.
鈥淎ccording to those letters, Korea intended to raise US$777 million from 2011 to build new football infrastructure and renovate facilities,鈥 said the report. It said the fund was linked to South Korea鈥檚 2022 bid.
The Ethics report concluded: 鈥淭here are certain indications of potentially problematic conduct of specific individuals.鈥
The Investigatory Chamber declined to comment on whether any action had been taken.
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