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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - A Trinidadian government official says FIFA vice president Jack Warner used political contacts to secure stadium construction contracts at more than double their original cost.
Housing Minister Dr. Keith Rowley said Warner used connections from the former ruling party, United National Congress, to gain contracts to build four stadiums and renovate another for $58.3 million in 1999.
The original budget for the project, ahead of FIFA's Under-17 World Championship in 2001, was $26.4 million.
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