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Corruption complaint against senior IOC member Ser Miang Ng: "prevent any further significant breaches from occurring before it is too late"

EXCLUSIVE: The IOC Ethics Commission received a comprehensive complaint against the former IOC Vice-President from Singapore, who is alleged to have mixed his many positions with family business in several respects in connection with esports, the Olympic Esports Week and the Olympic Esports Games.

,   and  Jens Weinreich
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IOC's Finance Chief Ser Miang Ng, now under pressure from serious ethical allegations of corruption, at the 144th IOC Session in March 2025. (Photo: IOC/Greg Martin)
"Given the serious nature of the complaint we have made and Mr Ng Ser Miang's multiple positions within the IOC our client is concerned that it will be subject to retaliatory measures in the event that its identity is disclosed."
From a letter sent by a London law firm to the secretary of the IOC Ethics Commission, whose only interest in the case so far has been to find out the identity of the complainant

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The case of Ser Miang Ng from Singapore, one of the most influential IOC members, and his diverse connections in the lucrative Olympic and non-Olympic esports business has considerable potential. The case involves the IOC, Olympic federations, Saudi Arabia and the esports industry. No matter what excuses and manoeuvres the IOC comes up with, Ser Miang Ng's multiple conflicts of interest are already well documented. One of the key questions now is whether this constitutes corruption. If we apply the latest interpretation of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which defines corruption in surprisingly broad terms, Ser Miang Ng could be facing difficult times ahead.

But only, of course, if the IOC's own so-called Ethics Commission, which has been dealing with a comprehensive complaint since June 26, 2025, decides to take exceptional action, which so far seems unlikely – as is so often the case. I will document this for you in a moment.

The complainant, who is represented by a renowned London law firm, demands that Ser Miang Ng be removed from all Olympic positions related to the esports business.

"Given what has already occurred in relation to the Singapore Olympic Esports Series … the IOC cannot now sit idly by and wait for Mr Ng Ser Miang to crystalise further actual conflicts of interests."

The case of Ser Miang Ng and his children's businesses and companies raises further interesting questions. Some of these revolve around the Global Esports Federation (GEF), also based in Singapore, whose board includes Ser Mian Ng's son Chong Geng Ng and which is headed by Paul Foster, former chief of protocol at the IOC. During the founding phase of the GEF, which was always viewed with suspicion by many experts and was the subject of business intelligence investigations on more than one occasion, a certain Tyrone Seward was also a member of the board for several years. Mr Seward is from Zimbabwe. He is the husband of IOC President Kirsty Coventry.

Now let's get down to the details – here we go, part 1!

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