Pakistan 'corruption' trio charged and suspended by ICC

The three were accused Pakistani cricket player on corruption charges with various crimes by the International Cricket Council).

Is assigned to Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Prince Muhammad questioned again by police over allegations he threw a deliberate lack of balls against England.

International Criminal Court charges of "illegal acts alleged" in testing the fourth Thursday in the Lord, and Friday.

Temporarily suspended, Trio now has 14 days to appeal the ruling.

It is alleged that the Prince of descriptor threw three balls, not at specific times in advance to facilitate betting coups after a "medium" and reportedly accepted £ 150,000 from a reporter undercover News of the World, which published the story on Sunday.

"We will not tolerate corruption in the game of cricket is also simple -," said Chief Executive Officer of International Chamber of Commerce Haroon Lorgat.

"We must be decisive with such things, and if it is proven that these crimes are punishable by severe penalties of up to a life ban.

"The International Criminal Court to do everything possible to maintain such conduct, we will stop at nothing to protect the safety and sports.

"Although we believe that the problem is not widespread, we must be ever vigilant.

"It is important, however, we do not pre-judge the guilt of these three players, and this is an independent court alone to decide."

It has become, and Asif Prince officially notified of the crimes alleged to have committed.

To find any player at the end of the day to be guilty of a crime under the law will be subject to sanctions set forth in the Anti-Corruption Law in the International Criminal Tribunal for the players and staff support for the player.

This may mean that adherence to ban the player for an indefinite period with the possibility, at the discretion of an independent tribunal, additional fines.

Details of when a court hearing is still to be finalized.

He said the BBC's sports editor David Bond action taken by the International Criminal Court, "" decisive and unexpected.

He added: "There is still an ongoing police investigation, and those players will return to Scotland Yard to re-interviewed by them [in] Friday, we can eventually get criminal charges.

"International Criminal Court clearly understood that the game of cricket's credibility is at stake with this issue as a whole, and they had to move quickly to save the reputation of the sport."

More details about the charges that are expected to be released at a news conference on Friday, the International Criminal Court, our correspondent says.

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has recently completed a ban for two years imposed by the ICC after the transfer of information to the team through a series of bets for a single day in India in January 2007, despite the fact that 29 years), denies any wrongdoing.

Earlier Thursday, Pakistan's High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan, the demands that would have been the News of the World video exposing the scandal, which allegedly made after the accident.

But the BBC has learned that the Metropolitan Police, who investigate alleged in the case and has been working side by side with the International Criminal Court, and we believe that the evidence is crucial for the video of the situation is authentic.

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