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PNG soccer chief quits

April 12, 2018

SYDNEY: Scandal-tainted football chief David Chung has quit as head of the Papua New Guinea Football Association, days after resigning as Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) president over corruption concerns. Chung stepped down on Friday as Oceania’s top football official citing “personal reasons”. But FIFA subsequently revealed an audit had uncovered “potential irregularities” in the construction of a lavish new Auckland headquarters for the OFC.