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Soccer-AFC general secretary accused of hiding evidence - report

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Reuters) - The Asian Football Confederation's general secretary Alex Soosay asked for evidence to be removed prior to a 2012 investigation into corruption at the body, the Malay Mail reported on Saturday, citing video evidence obtained of the probe.

The audit was brought to look into the practices of former AFC president Mohamed Bin Hammam, who was banned for life for a second time by FIFA that year for repeated violations of their article related to conflicts of interest.

The Malaysian paper said they had obtained a video interview dated July 26 2012 where AFC financial director Bryan Kuan Wee Hoong told FIFA investigator Michael John Pride that Soosay had come to him for help prior to the audit.