KUALA LUMPUR: The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has penalised Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) after the club failed a mandatory compliance assessment under the world body's FIFA Clearing House Regulations.
The sanction imposes a 2.5 per cent administrative levy across 31 separate payment orders.
The penalty stems from delayed training compensation owed to developmental clubs, where total rewards amounted to €44,878.68 (RM215,000).
This places the levy at about €1,122 (RM5,400).
The 31 payment orders involve the transfers of Colombian forward Jorge Leonardo Obregon from Croatia's HNK Rijeka and Brazilian-born striker Joao Figueiredo from Turkiye's RAMS Basaksehir.
Figueiredo was also among seven players handed bans by FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a high-profile naturalisation case involving forged heritage documents.
Under FIFA rules, clubs must clear mandatory vetting before the clearing house can process and release training compensation.
The assessment ensures adherence to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and international sanctions laws.
Youth clubs were left unpaid after JDT failed to complete the vetting within required deadlines.
"The Committee recalled in this respect that said levy functions as a substitute for interest on late payment, as the Respondent's first failure of the compliance assessment prevents the training clubs from receiving their training rewards in a timely fashion," the document said.
The document also revealed that the club offered no defence before the sanction was finalised on Sept 22, failing to submit a response during a three-day window.
"No reply was filed by the respondent within the deadline granted," it said.
The Sept 22 case file has since circulated widely on social media.
JDT have yet to issue an official statement.
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