Chung Mong- joon to launch CAS appeal

Chung Mong-joon has continued his attack on FIFA's
ethics committee following his six-year ban from
football activity.

Chung Mong-joon has launched a fresh attack on FIFA's Ethics
Committee and president Sepp Blatter, confirming his intention
to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he was
given a six-year ban from football activity.

On Thursday, the presidential candidate hit out at the Ethics
Committee - branding it Blatter's "hitman" after he was
sanctioned over a number of infringements during the bidding
process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Chung issued a new statement on Friday, stating he would be
launching an appeal to CAS over his punishment next week.

Blatter, UEFA president Michel Platini and former FIFA general
secretary Jerome Valcke were handed initial 90-day bans for
various alleged misdemeanours and all three - like Chung - deny
any wrongdoing.

Chung said: "This shows that the investigation into my alleged
violations has been fundamentally flawed and was merely an
attempt to sabotage my candidacy for FIFA president.

"The Ethics Committee is sanctioning me not for my alleged
violations of 'vote-trading,' 'the appearance of offering a benefit,'
and personal donations but for my criticisms of the Ethics
Committee and my 'attitude' during the investigation.

"There is no clearer proof than this that the whole investigation
has been a political ploy from the beginning.

"Through the Garcia Report that was made public in November
2014, FIFA had cleared the Korea World Cup Bid Committee of
any wrongdoing, stating that the 'potentially problematic facts
and circumstances identified by the Report regarding the Korea
2022 bid were, all in all, not suited to compromise the integrity
of the FIFA World Cup 2018/2022 bidding process as a whole'.

"There is a fundamental procedural flaw in the Ethics
Committee’s decision to sanction me. If Mr. Hans-Joachim
Eckert, as head of the Chairman of Adjudicatory Chamber, was
claiming to be the victim of defamation by me, he should have
recused himself from presiding over my case. The fact that he
was allowed to render a decision was a clear breach of the legal
process.

"This decision by the Ethics Committee has completely
undermined the legitimacy and fairness of the next FIFA
presidential election.

"I will mobilize all legal means available to expose the injustice
of this decision by the Ethics Committee while continuing to do
my utmost to reform FIFA. This includes a formal request to the
Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) next week.

"As I mentioned in London recently, I plan to sue Mr. Blatter for
the VISA-MasterCard fraud case and for getting paid by FIFA
without the approval of the Executive Committee which amounts
to embezzlement. The Ethics Committee will also be the
subject of my legal actions for damaging my reputation."