FIFA presidency: Mong-joon knocks Platini

Claims of dirty tricks have surfaced in FIFA’s presidential election campaign after Michel Platini’s main rival lodged a complaint that rules had been broken.
Chung Mong-joon, the South Korean billionaire who is standing against UEFA president Platini, has lodged a complaint over letters sent to many Asian federations, with a template to be filled in supporting the French candidate.
Chung, a former FIFA vice-president, has raised the issue with FIFA’s election watchdog, claiming Platini and Asian confederation president Sheikh Salman from Bahrain have breached election regulations.
He has lodged a formal complaint with electoral committee chair Domenico Scala and ethics investigatory head Cornel Borbely.
Chung has demanded they ‘immediately investigate the facts and the parties, including Sheikh Salman… Mr Platini, as well as the related confederations and members’.
He said: ‘Electoral regulations for FIFA presidency that demand FIFA presidential elections be carried out in a fair, transparent and reputable manner. It is an obvious case of election fraud infringing on the basic rights of other presidential candidates.’