King hands over final report
2001-06-08 17:50
Johannesburg - The King Commission's final report on cricket corruption has been delivered to the South African government and will be made public in the next few weeks, the United Cricket Board (UCB) said on Friday.
"Judge Edwin King has confirmed that he has handed over the final report of the King Commission to the ministry of sport and
recreation," the UCB said in a statement.
"The ministry ... will hand the report to president Thabo Mbeki for his perusal and for him to authorise its release to the UCB and then the public. This process could take some weeks."
King was appointed to head the inquiry after former South African captain Hansie Cronje became embroiled in a match-fixing
scandal in April last year.
Cronje confessed to the commission he had taken $100 000
from bookmakers and was banned from the game for life by the
UCB, a decision Cronje is preparing to fight in court.
- Reuters