The director was removed and news was then sourced from official outlets.

"They never suggested that any management or directors be removed or replaced," he said.

The company claimed the directors had been validly removed.

Two directors were removed in three years, and the upheaval was great.

The details of the battle center on rules spelling out how directors of the zone's board can be removed for cause.

A director can be removed only by a vote of shareholders, who will not meet until the audited results are completed.

There are necessarily rules on when directors can be removed from office and replaced.

In addition, the director of the board's school facilities division, Patricia Zedalis, is being removed from her post.

The four directors implicated in the illegal payments were all removed from the club in the board election at the end of 2002.

In a clarification added later, it was stated that the initial six directors could never be removed - for any reason whatsoever.