It informs a source in the French legal system to the news agency AFP.
Takeda shall have been indicted 10. December. The background is a payment of nearly 20 million.
Payment should have been made in two parts, one before the award of the OLYMPICS and one after. It was made to a company in Singapore linked to Papa Massata Diack, the son of the former IAAF president Lamine Diack. Diack junior has since 2015 been on Interpols list of most wanted persons, suspected of corruption on a large scale.
Takeda denies guilt and says he has worked to get to the bottom of the case during a hearing.
– I have not been involved in any wrongdoing as bribery. Now spread the incorrect information that I am charged with. I will continue to work together to clear all doubts of the road, ” says Takeda in a statement.
Tsunekazu Takeda has been the president of the Japan OLYMPIC committee since 2001. He is also an IOC member, and he led the Tokyo søkerkampanje. Tokyo won the vote to become the OLYMPIC host in 2020 ahead of Tokyo and Madrid.
(NTB)
