IOC, prosecutors huddling over Tokyo payment report
By Associated Press in Lausanne | China Daily | Updated: 2016-05-13 08:08
Winning 2020 Olympic bid probed in France
The IOC said on Wednesday it remains in contact with French prosecutors following allegations of a secret $1.5 million payment made during Tokyo's winning bid for the 2020 Olympics.
The British newspaper The Guardian reported on its website on Wednesday that the Tokyo bid team "or those acting on their behalf" paid about 1.3 million euros ($1.5 million) to the Black Tidings bank account in Singapore.
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