TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – FIFA banned Wednesday Mongolian football chief Ganbold Buyannemekh for five years for taking bribes to vote for former Qatari official Mohamed bin Hammam in the world body's leadership election.
In a statement, FIFA said the Mongolian would be prohibited from all kinds of football-related activity at both national and international levels during his five-year punishment.
Buyannemekh was found guilty of soliciting and accepting payments from former Asian Football Confederation chief and FIFA executive member bin Hammam.
The offenses occurred during the 2009 elections for its executive at the Asian Football Confederation congress and also during the FIFA presidential election in 2011.
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