FIFA executive gets 90 day international football ban
FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando has been suspended for 90 days from, "taking part in any kind of football-related activity at national and international level," as part of an ethics inquiry.
At the request of Michael J. Garcia (chairman of the investigatory chamber of the Ethics Committee), Hans-Joachim Eckert (chairman of the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee) today provisionally banned FIFA Executive Committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando.
– FIFA statementThe proceedings relate to formal ethics charges brought in a final report filed by the chairman of the investigatory chamber with the chairman of the adjudicatory chamber.
This report is the result of investigatory proceedings opened in October 2012.
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