Ex-president of Peruvian Football Federation arrested in FIFA scandal
View(s):LIMA, Dec 5, 2015 (AFP) – The former president of the Peruvian Football Federation, indicted in the FIFA corruption scandal, was arrested late Friday on an international arrest warrant, and protested his innocence as he was taken away.
Manuel Burga was taken into custody in the capital Lima as he left his house, insisting he would clarify the allegations against him.
Manuel Burga
Burga is among 16 men whose indictments were announced Thursday in Washington amid a widening multi-million dollar corruption scandal engulfing FIFA. They are all from the South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
“I am calm… I have not received any bribes,” Burga told Channel N from the back seat of a vehicle into which he was placed by police. “I was waiting, I was informed that they would be coming.” Minutes before the arrest, Interior Minister Jose Perez had told reporters that Burga was wanted on an international arrest warrant.
A Singaporean accused of leading the world’s largest football match-fixing syndicate will be detained without trial under a special law following his rearrest earlier this week, the interior ministry said Saturday.
Dan Tan, 51, will be held under a special law designed to keep suspected criminals under detention without having to charge them in court, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.”The MHA confirmed that the Minister for Home Affairs has issued a detention order in respect of Dan Tan Seet Eng on 5 December 2015 for his involvement in global soccer match-fixing,” the statement said.