FIFA's official ticket and hospitality partner MATCH has denied its English director Ray Whelan is 'a fugitive' from Brazilian police. Detectives declared Whelan as a fugitive when he disappeared from his hotel via a service entrance minutes before police investigating illegal World Cup ticket sales arrived to re-arrest him. MATCH said in a statement: 'We do not believe that the term "fugitive" is appropriate under the circumstances as he is presently with his lawyer. 'Fugitive': Ray Whelan, the director of MATCH services, is said to have fled through the service entrance of the lavish Copacabana Palace an hour before Brazilian police were set to re-arrest him
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Executive of MATCH is embroiled in World Cup ticket touting probe
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Ray Whelan left the Copacabana Palace before he was set to be re-arrested
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Police say they have CCTV of him walking through the service entrance
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