PRIME TIME NEWS 22:00 Chung suspended for 6 years, Blatter for 90 days
PRIME TIME NEWS 22:00 FIFA provisionally suspends Sepp Blatter for 90 days much to the delight of FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon who was revving up to take a shot at Blatter for trying to bring Chung down, but the Korean former FIFA vice president is slapped with a 6 year ban. The final list of people who signed up to meet family members they′ve been disconnected from since the Korean War is submitted. Less than 200 out of more than 60-thousand members of war-torn families will get the chance to take part in the event. The primary suspect of the Itaewon Burger King murder of 1997, who fled the country, was extradited to Korea and appeared before the Seoul Central District Court today. Hello... and welcome to Prime Time News... on this Thursday, October 8th. I′m Daniel Choy. And I′m Hwang Ji-hye. Thanks for joining us. Title: Chung suspended for 6 years, Blatter for 90 days. We begin with the latest in scandals surrounding FIFA. Sepp Blatter′s name was of course making headlines. Unfortunately it affects Korea′s Chung Mong-joon′s chances of running for presidency of the football governing body. We connect to our Lee Ji-won. Ji-won, what′s the latest? The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee suspended former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon for six-years and fined him with 103-thousand U.S. dollars ...while FIFA president, Sepp Blatter is provisionally banned for 90-days. Both of them will be banned from all football activities. This would mean Chung will not be able to run for the presidency for which he has to register by October 26th. Earlier on Thursday, Chung′s spokesman told Arirang TV on the phone that they′re planning an appeal within the next two days. "We will take all possible measures to take this matter including legal actions and we firmly believe that international community will support our actions with common sense." Another presidential candidate Michel Platini, president of the Union of European Football Associations has also been implicated in this scandal. Does this mean he has absolutely no shot at his FIFA dreams? No... together with Blatter, he and the secretary general, Jerome Valcke have also been banned for 90 days. Platini is accused of receiving "disloyal payment" of about 2 million U.S. dollars from Blatter in 2011. During the three months time, investigations will continue and the suspension may be extended by a further 45 days. I′m sure football fans began fuming as soon as they heard the latest development. But for those who might be new to the FIFA fiasco, could you backtrack a little bit? Chung Mong-joon, who′s also the honorary president of the Korean Football Association, was accused of vote trading for writing a letter to FIFA executive members in 2010... explaining Korea′s World Cup bid committee′s plans to raise a Global Football Fund if Korea were to host 2022 World Cup. However, as Chung found fault with key leaders of FI
