Singapore says helping French with Olympic payment probe


epa05301623 (FILE) A file picture dated 25 April 2016 of the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic (L) and Paralympic Games (R) during a presentation in Tokyo, Japan. An alleged payment of 1.3 million euro from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic bid team to an account linked to the son of former IAAF president Lamine Diack was apparantly made during the race to host the 2020 Olympic Games, the Guardian newspaper claimed on 11 May 2016. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s anti-corruption agency said Friday it was helping French authorities investigating possible fraud in Japan’s Olympic bid after a company based in the city-state was linked to alleged irregularities.

French investigators have said they suspect that $2 million paid to Papa Missata Diack, son of disgraced athletics supremo Lamine Diack, was aimed at getting support for Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics bid.

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