FIFA bans former executive member Makudi for 3 months
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Football Association of Thailand (FAT) chief Worawi Makudi gestures as he answers a question during a press conference in Bangkok on September 20, 2012. Thailand's controversial football chief denied fraud allegations for breaking a multi-million dollar broadcast rights deal, the latest in a cascade of claims against him. AFP PHOTO/PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL (Photo credit should read PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images)
ZURICH --
FIFA says former executive committee member Worawi Makudi of Thailand has been banned for three months for failing to obey a previous ban.
FIFA says its disciplinary committee imposed the latest sanction for a breach of provisional bans imposed by the ethics committee.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}FIFA says Makudi, a longtime ally of Mohamed bin Hammam, ''was still involved'' in the Thailand soccer federation's affairs despite the ethics suspension.
Thailand soccer officials elected a new president this month to replace Makudi.
The ban imposed Monday will replace a 45-day provisional ban by ethics judges which was to expire on Wednesday. FIFA gave no details of Makudi's ongoing ethics case.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}He was on the FIFA executive committee for 18 years until being voted off last year.