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Two more top FIFA officials arrested

By Agence France-Presse in Zurich | China Daily | Updated: 2015-12-04 07:56

Swiss police arrested two more top soccer officials in a dawn raid on Thursday on suspicion that they accepted millions of dollars in bribes.

The arrests marked a dramatic widening of the FIFA corruption scandal.

The two officials detained in Zurich are FIFA vice-presidents Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay and Alfredo Hawit of Honduras, said a senior official at the global organization, who declined to be named.

Two more top FIFA officials arrested

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