FIFA ethics committee member resigns following investigation

[November 29, 2018]    ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA’s ethics committee member Sundra Rajoo resigned on Wednesday, one week after being suspended from his post following an investigation by an anti-corruption unit in his native Malaysia, the global soccer body said.

The FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

FIFA said in a statement that it had "taken note of the resignation with immediate effect of Mr Sundra Rajoo as a deputy chairman of its adjudicatory chamber."

It did not give further details of the investigation or of the accusations against Rajoo, who could not immediately be reached for comment.

(Writing by Brian Homewood; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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