FIFA: Ganesh Thapa to be refrained from Football activities for 4 months

FIFA has refrained Ganesh Thapa from all football activites as FIFA Ethics Committee works on allegations.

As per the news article published by FIFA, it states that:

“The president of the All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), Ganesh Thapa, has informed the investigatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee that he has agreed not to participate in any football-related activity at national and international level (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of 120 days beginning 4 November 2014, while the FIFA Ethics Committee completes its review of claims involving alleged misconduct by ANFA officials.

No further statements will be made at this stage of the proceedings (cf. art. 36 of the FIFA Code of Ethics).”

According to cf. art. 36 of the FIFA Code of ethics, it states that:

36. Confidentiality

1. The members of the Ethics Committee and the members of the secretariats shall ensure that everything disclosed to them during the course of their duty remains confidential, in particular, facts of the case, contents of the investigations and deliberations and decisions taken as well as private personal data in compliance with the FIFA Data Protection Regulations. Equally, the members of the Ethics Committee shall not make any declarations related to ongoing proceedings dealt with by the Ethics Committee.

2. Only the final decisions already notified to the addressees may be made public.

3. In the event of a breach of this article by a member of the Ethics Committee, the relevant member shall be suspended by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee until the next FIFA Congress.