This was published 10 years ago
Chung Mong-Joon withdraws from FIFA race
WWOS staff
South Korean tycoon Chung Mong-Joon formally announced he's withdrawing from the race for the FIFA presidency due to an "unjust" six-year ban.
On his newly-launched blog, mjfairplay.com, Chung criticised the ban handed down by FIFA's independent ethics committee.
"Because of the committee's unjust sanctions... it is now time to officially withdraw my candidacy for the next FIFA president," he wrote.
Advertisement
The billionaire scion of the Hyundai family was found to have contravened rules while lobbying for South Korea's bid for the 2022 World Cup, which was awarded to Qatar in 2010.
