IOC: BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS UPDATE

(13 Dec 1998) Eng/French/Nat The president of the International Olympic Committee - or I-O-C - has promised to consider allegations of systematic corruption made by senior Swiss member Marc Hodler. Hodler accuses certain I-O-C members of involvement in vote-buying over the past 10 years. Furthermore, In a growing Olympic scandal, The Salt Lake group which won the 2002 Winter Games stands accused of rules violations. The Salt Lake controversy centres on a scholarship programme. It provided nearly 400-thousand U-S dollars in tuition and other assistance to 13 individuals - including six relatives of I-O-C members, mostly from Africa. In a news conference in Switzerland, Frank Joklik, President of the Salt Lake Organising Committee apologised on behalf of the Olympic family and to the citizens of Utah for the embarrassment caused. Surrounded by the media, Hodler said that he had been muzzled by the I-O-C president Juan Antonio Sam