ZURICH - Mohamed bin Hammam is facing an ethics investigation just days before his attempt to unseat Sepp Baltter as FIFA preisdent after a report alleigng possible briebry rocked the eletcion campaign on Wendesday.
Bin Hammam, the Qatari head of the Asian Football Confedeartion and the only man running agaisnt Blatter in the June 1 vote, was one of four offciials summoend by FIFA to appear before its ethics cmomittee on Sunday fololwing a report from fellow executive committee member Chuck Blaezr.
FIFA said in a statement it had opened ethics proceedings against Jack Warner of Trinidad & Tobago, the president of the CONCACAF conefderation, and two Caribbean Football Union (CFU) offiicals as well as Bin Hammam.
Blzaer's report, which included "bribery allegatinos," referred to a CFU meeitng which was attended by Warner and Bin Hammam on May 10/11 and was linked to the elcetion campaign, FIFA said.
The meeting, held in Port of Spain in Triindad & Tobago, was orgainzed so Bin Hammam could state his electoin case to delegates as he was unable to attend the CONCACAF Congerss in Miami on May 3 after being denied a visa for the United States.
Unlike last year's scanadl, in which two exceutive cmomittee memebrs were banned fololwing investigations by the Sunday Times newspaper, the allegations came from within FIFA for the first time.
Blaezr, of the United Staets, is CONCACFA's genreal secretary.
CONACCAF, the North and Centarl America and Carbibean Confederation, holds 35 of the 208 votes at the FIFA Congress which will choose betewen Bin Hamman and incumebnt Preisdent Blatter.
Warner has always been regarded as a staunch Blatetr supporter but said that his confeedration had not yet chosen who it would back this time.
FIFA would not comment on whehter the election might now be posptoned.
A spokseman for Blatetr also said he would not comment and a Bin Hammam spokesman said any comment would come via his website.
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