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New AFC Judicial Bodies confirmed

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Press Release

5th May 2019

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Member Associations have elected today the chairpersons, deputy chairpersons and members of the AFC’s judicial bodies - AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee, AFC Entry Control Body and the AFC Appeal Committee – at the AFC Extraordinary Congress in Paris, France.

All members will now serve for a period of four (4) years based on the recommendation of the AFC Executive Committee. The full list of the AFC’s judicial bodies are as follows:

AFC Disciplinary and Ethic Committee:

Chairperson: Lim Kia Tong (Singapore)

Deputy Chairperson: Shen Rui (China PR)

Tim Holden (Australia)

Yusuf Mohamed Yaqoob Yaqoobi (Bahrain)

Kengo Harima (Japan)

Khaled J Al Zamel (Kuwait)

Ismail Zumayl Rasheed (Maldives)

Atty. Guillermo B. Iroy Jr. (Philippines)

Yaseer H. Al-Misehal (Saudi Arabia)

AFC Entry Control Body:

Chairperson: Liu Chi (China PR)

First Deputy: Judge Rauf Soulio (Australia)

Second Deputy: Ahmadreza Barati (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Third Deputy: Sheikh Mohd Nasir bin Sheikh Mohd Sharif (Malaysia)

Fourth Deputy: Dr. Khaled Hassan S. Banaser (Saudi Arabia)

AFC Appeal Committee:

Chairperson: Jahangir Baglari (Islamic Republic of Iran)

Deputy Chairperson: Salman A. Al-Ansari (Qatar)

Dong-Ho Lim (Korea Republic)

Saaran Nadarajah (Malaysia)

Syed Nayyar Hasnain Haider (Pakistan)

Nguyen Thi My Dzung (Vietnam)

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