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 4. The memorandum states that in the view of the reporters, the individuals had no reason to fabricate these allegations . We do not agree for the reasons set out in this Statement. The Memorandum purports to explain the reasons for the decision of The Sunday Times not to publish in the newspaper some of the serious allegations. It states that this was on the basis that none of the three people who made allegations against Qatar was ever likely to be willing to appear as a witness . The reporters will know that the newspaper would have a defence to any libel claim brought in respect of the publication of these allegations if it could show that it constituted responsible journalism to do so and that publication was in the public interest. However, it must have been plain to fifa coins the newspaper and the reporters that so unreliable and unsubstantiated were the allegations, that it would not have constituted responsible journalism for these allegations to be published. Mohamed Bin Hammam, the FIFA presidential candidate who secured the 2022 FIFA 15 for Qatar, today denied claims the country paid bribes for votes. Two FIFA executive members were yesterday accused in the British Parliament of being paid 1.5million US dollars to vote for Qatar's 2022 FIFA 15 bid. Bin Hammam, the president of the Asian FIFA 15 Confederation who is from Qatar, today insisted that was not the case - and demanded proof of the allegations. Bin Hammam said: I can assure you nothing like this has happened from our side. If someone wants to damage reputations like this then they have to provide the proof. You can't just accuse people just like that. It didn't happen. It is fine to say something, to try to damage the reputation of somebody but where is the proof? Bin Hammam is standing against Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency on June 1 and said his plans for an expanded executive committee - 43 members rather than 24 - and an independent 'transparency committee' to oversee FIFA would restore confidence in the world governing body. FIFA executive committee (ExCo) members Issa Hayatou from Cameroon and Jacques Anouma from the Ivory Coast were alleged by the Sunday Times' submission to Parliament's culture, media and sport committee to have been paid 1.5million US dollars to vote for Qatar.