ZURICH (AFP) – Several Asian football officials are refusing to attend FIFA’s congress amid widespread outrage at the suspension of Mohamed bin Hammam, a senior Asian official told AFP on Tuesday.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said delegates from “nine or 10″ of the 46 federations due to take part had left Zurich in protest at bin Hammam’s treatment.
“I can tell you that so far delegates from nine or 10 federations have gone home after arriving here,” the official said, declining to name the countries involved.
“There is a deep sense of outrage amongst all of the delegates I have spoken to about the actions of the FIFA ethics committee. They have exceeded their mandate,” he added.
AFC president bin Hammam, who had been bidding to end FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s 13-year reign at the head of world football, has been barred from Wednesday’s election pending
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