England’s Football League is quizzing Birmingham City over the continuing influence of former owner Carson Yeung, who is languishing in a Hong Kong prison for money laundering, reports said yesterday.
Yeung, 54, was jailed for six years in March last year in a case that gripped the territory and fans of the English soccer club with its tales of unexplained dealings and financial transactions involving local businessmen and an alleged triad member.
The Football League sent the club a letter asking whether the jailed former chairman is still acting as a director — which he is barred from doing — after Yeung requested the board appoint three new directors, including his former driver and his partner, according to British newspaper reports.
The letter came after the club’s holding company on Tuesday filed a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange, where Birmingham International Holdings (BIHL) is listed. It questioned the appropriateness of the new directors suggested by Yeung, as well as his connection with another major shareholder which would take him over the percentage of club ownership he is allowed.
Football League rules prevent any person convicted for a crime related to dishonesty from being a director or owning more than 30 percent of a club.
“The Football League has written to Birmingham City today to ask for clarification as to whether this statement demonstrates that Carson Yeung should be defined as a ‘relevant person’ under the Owners and Directors test while being subject to a disqualifying condition,” the Guardian newspaper said, citing a league spokesman.
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