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Top Kenyan Olympic committee official arrested

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NOCK Secretary General, F.K. Paul [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Kenyan police on Friday arrested the secretary-general of the country's Olympic committee (NOCK) in the wake of a series of scandals and embarrassments at the Rio Games.

"It's true Francis Paul has been arrested over the Olympics issues," said a police source who wished to remain anonymous.

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