French police have questioned former FIFA vice president Reynald Temarii in their investigation of suspected corruption in the award of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.
Temarii, a former Tahiti player who served as a FIFA vice president for Oceania, is serving an eight-year ban from football.
A French judicial official says officers from a police unit that specializes in corruption and financial crimes travelled to Tahiti to question him this week at the request of French financial prosecutors leading the 2022 investigation.
The French official spoke to The Associated Press about the police mission on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to publicly discuss the probe. The official said Temarii was taken into police custody on Tuesday evening and held for one day while he was questioned.
Also Read
-
Blatter insists Sarkozy, Platini awarded World Cup 2022 to Qatar
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has insisted that ex-France president Nicolas Sarkozy, and former UEFA’s president Michel Platini, have ... Sports -
Half of those who voted for Qatar World Cup 2022 are ‘corrupt, detained or dead’
Half of those who voted for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid in the FIFA Executive Committee are reportedly either dead, imprisoned or currently on ... Sports -
Qatar World Cup bosses’ silence on British worker’s death irks relatives
It’s been 10 months since a Briton was killed while building Qatar’s Khalifa stadium for the World Cup, and his relatives are upset and ... Sports -
Rights bodies call for probe into graft surrounding 2022 World Cup in Qatar
A number of international human rights organizations, including the Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions, the African Heritage and ... Sports -
‘Political risk’ leads to increased chance of Qatar losing 2022 World Cup
Reports
