Bangladesh, March 21 -- FIFA is "following with concern" the detention of one of its officials for allegedly defaming the Bangladeshi prime minister, a FIFA spokesman said on Tuesday.
Mahfuza Akhter, a FIFA council member and the national chief of women's soccer, was arrested on Saturday after a local football organiser accused her of making derogatory comments about PM Sheikh Hasina.
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