Blatter yesterday suspended the work of the Committee pending an investigation regarding a breach of confidentiality. In his letter, the FIFA president wrote:
"In order to guarantee and to protect the interests of FIFA and the FIFA Executive Committee, I have to suspend the work of the FIFA ad hoc Internal Audit Committee pending an investigation into a breach of confidentiality and the way documents, which have been given to the members of the Committee, have been handled.
"Confidentiality is dealt with in the regulations governing the work of the FIFA ad hoc Internal Audit Committee. These regulations are in line with international standards for such audits and forbid members from making statements concerning FIFA's financial issues. Furthermore, all documents may only be consulted on the premises, no documents or copies may be taken off the premises."
In a series of hearings, the FIFA ad hoc Internal Audit Committee has already interviewed senior FIFA management staff, including members of the finance division, FIFA said.
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