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Rangers query FA ‘secrecy’ as player is banned for a year over Covid-19 breach during drunken hotel saga
- Goalkeeper Lo Siu-kei did commit breach but had little part in alleged drinking and vandalism on under-23 trip, club says after he is banned from internationals
- Club calls on FA to ‘release all details of their investigation’ into the incident, for which 12 other players have received international bans
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Hong Kong Rangers have called for greater transparency from the city’s FA after it banned goalkeeper Lo Siu-kei from international football for a year over a breach of Covid-19 rules in Japan.
The 20-year-old was found by the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) to have broken Covid-19 protocol while in Japan for an Asian U23 Championship qualifier last October. Eleven other players had previously been handed one-year bans over the incident, in which they were accused of vandalising hotel rooms while drinking.
Lo’s ban prompted Rangers to issue a lengthy statement calling on the FA disciplinary committee to end the “secrecy” surrounding events during the under-23 trip, and “release all details of their investigation”.
Lee Man’s 22-year-old midfielder Chang Hei-yi also received a year-long ban from internationals on Saturday in relation to the same incident.
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