Ethics Committee opens investigation proceedings

Zurich – Switzerland, August 10, 2012: The chairman of the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, Michael J. Garcia, today formally opened investigation proceedings against Mohamed bin Hammam.

These proceedings follow the provisional banning of Bin Hammam for 90 days as established by the Ethics Committee on 26 July 2012 after a preliminary investigation of the case (for more information, please read the link to the right titled ‘FIFA Ethics Committee bans Mohamed bin Hammam as provisional measure’). —- FIFA/Image © Foto-net