There's so far no move to launch any local probe against Jack Warner in connection with the FIFA investigation which found Mohammed bin Hammam guilty on bribery allegations, Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs has indicated.Gibbs was asked about the situation after FIFA's verdict against bin Hammam was issued last weekend. Warner was initially bin Hammam's co-accused in the allegations. He subsequently resigned from FIFA and was not part of the investigation.PNM senator Fitzgerald Hinds had written Gibbs a month ago, seeking the probe on Warner. Gibbs said then he was awaiting information from FIFA.Hinds last Sunday called for Gibbs to move forward with it, after the FIFA verdict against bin Hammam who was being investigated for allegedly offering regional football representatives bribes of US$40,000 at a May 10 meeting at the Hyatt to support his bid for the FIFA presidency.
When the allegations broke, bin Hammam shelved his bid for the presidency against FIFA jefe Sepp Blatter.In last weekend's verdict, FIFA's Ethics Committee also banned Trinidadians Debbie Minguel and Jason Sylvester of the Caribbean Football Union from FIFA activities for a year.The committee mandated a second wave of probes against Caribbean football organisations regarding the issue and has given them until today to explain their part in the May meeting.Yesterday, Gibbs confirmed the situation was still on hold where T&T police were concerned.He said it would remain that way until local authorities get some direction from FIFA.Any action, he added, would depend on FIFA's report. Gibbs said until FIFA said it required T&T police help, action was on hold.Warner has said the issue was not over yet. (GA)