Sports bodies cannot trial an entity twice for a single offence in relation to which that entity was already acquitted by a final decision of another body based on the same regulations.
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In February 2017, Lao Toyota Football Club (the Club) was involved in a disciplinary procedure regarding allegations of match-fixing during the 2015 and 2016 AFC Cups. Several former players of the Club were found guilty of match-fixing and were banned for life. The AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee (AFC DC) however dismissed all the accusations towards the Club without reservations in a decision dated 15 February 2017 (AFC DC decision).
The Club later won the national Laotian football...
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