國際足聯祕書長被無限期停職
Fifa on Thursday suspended indefinitely Valcke, right-hand man to outgoing president Sepp Blatter, after football’s governing body said it was “made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary-general”.
國際足聯(Fifa)週四無限期暫停了祕書長熱羅姆瓦爾克 Valcke)的職務，他是即將卸任的國際足聯主席塞普布拉特(Sepp Blatter)的得力助手。此前這家足球管理機構表示，已“獲悉一系列涉及瓦爾克的指控”。
Fifa said that secretary-general Mr Valcke had been “put on leave and released from his duties effective immediately until further notice. Further, Fifa has been made aware of a series of allegations involving the secretary-general and has requested a formal investigation by the Fifa ethics committee.” No further details were available.
國際足聯表示，瓦爾克已被“要求離任並被解除所有職務，立即生效，直到進一步通知。另外，國際足聯已知曉一系列涉及這位祕書長的指控，並已請求國際足聯道德委員會展開正式調查。”目前沒有進一步的具體消息。
Mr Valcke’s suspension — the highest profile among Fifa officials to date — comes as Fifa is trying to regroup from the arrest at its annual congress in May of nine current or former board members on corruption charges connected with an alleged bribery scandal.
在瓦爾克被停職之際，國際足聯正試圖重組，今年5月，國際足聯有9名現任和前任董事會成員因與所謂的賄賂醜聞相關的腐敗指控在國際足聯年度大會前夕被捕。
Mr Valcke has not been accused of any wrongdoing. He surfaced in the criminal charging documents in a discreet reference to a $10m payment made to South Africa from Fifa’s coffers.
瓦爾克一直沒有被控有非法行爲。他出現在多份刑事指控文件中，這些文件提及國際足聯向南非支付過1000萬美元。
This year Mr Valcke confirmed that he signed off on the payment made to an account prosecutors allege was controlled by Jack Warner, a former Fifa vice-president accused by the US of taking bribes.
今年，瓦爾克證實他批准了一筆支付給檢方指控由國際足聯副主席傑克瓦爾納(Jack Warner)控制的賬戶的款項，美國指控瓦爾納收受賄賂。
The Guardian newspaper reported on Thursday that documents it had seen suggested Mr Valcke was to benefit from an agreement to sell World Cup tickets at inflated prices. The newspaper also said the documents were incomplete and could be interpreted differently. The Guardian said Mr Valcke had denied the allegations.
《衛報》(Guardian)週四報道稱，該報看到的文件顯示，瓦爾克將從一項以高價出售世界盃門票的協議中受益。該報還表示，這些文件並不完整，可能會出現不同解讀。《衛報》表示，瓦爾克否認這些指控。
In response to the suspension, Fifa’s independent ethics committee said late on Thursday that “it will analyse all information that is brought to its attention of its own accord. The question of whether an investigation is pending in a specific case, will not be commented upon.”
週四晚，獨立的國際足聯道德委員會在迴應瓦爾克被停職一事時表示，“將對所有引起注意的信息進行分析。至於調查是否針對某個案子，我們不會置評。”
Mr Valcke could not be reached for comment.
記者沒有聯繫到瓦爾克置評。
