Fifa President Sepp Blatter facing criminal action; being quizzed by Swiss officials

September 25, 2015 20:35

Fifa President Sepp Blatter is currently being questioned by representatives of the Swiss attorney general, the BBC understands.

In a statement, the attorney general's office said it had opened "criminal proceedings" against Blatter.

It said he was being investigated "on suspicion of criminal mismanagement as well as -- alternatively -- on suspicion of misappropriation".

Earlier, Fifa cancelled a press conference at its Zurich headquarters.

The Swiss attorney general's office said the investigation surrounds a TV rights deal Blatter signed with former Caribbean football chief Jack Warner in 2005.

Blatter is also suspected of "a disloyal payment" in 2011 to UEFA president Michel Platini, the statement said.

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