PHNOM PENH, May 7 (NNN-AKP) – The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC), banned four senior officials for life, for allegedly embezzling the federation’s funds, FFC secretary-general, Keo Sareth, said here.
The four included FFC deputy secretary-general, May Tola, chief referee, Tuy Vicheka, finance office chief, Chhaing Piseth, and administration office chief, Kol Sophearom, he said.
“They have been fired from the federation and have been suspended from taking part in any football activity for life,” Sareth said.
He said, the four had colluded with each other to pilfer about 30 percent of the annual funds that a beer company had provided to the FFC, for the development of football in the country.
“In total, they had embezzled nearly 60,000 U.S. dollars from the FFC’s funds from 2015 to 2019,” Sareth said. “This is a serious breach of trust and they have confessed to the crime.”
He said, the FFC would file this case to the court of justice for legal action and to get the money back from them.– NNN-AKP
