Manila, March 11 -- The Asian Confederation of Billiard Sport (ACBS) has suspended the Billiard Sports Confederation of the Philippines (BSCP) and asked the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) to run the affairs of the sport at least for the next three months.

In a letter to the POC dated March 9, Michael Al Khoury, secretary general of the Qatar-based ACBS, said the organization's board of directors decided during its meeting in Doha on Feb. 18 to suspend the national sports association, a move that was ratified by the continental body's general meeting on the next day.

The ACBS informed the POC, through secretary general lawyer Wharton Chan, to form a disciplinary committee "to investigate the violations of the BSCP, including conflict...