Police are seeking to establish if the decision to grant the ticketing licence for Rio 2016 first to THG and secondly to PRO10 was mutual or made independently by Mr Hickey.
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Last night, Ronaldo Oliveira, of the civil police told reporters that the men are witnesses, not suspects.
Kilty and Martin had been expected to also testify Tuesday, but officials said their lawyers had asked for a postponement to have more time to review documents in the case. Their passports were seized by police on Sunday and they have remained in Brazil for questioning.
“We want to know about his [Delaney’s] involvement in this case but he didn’t come to Brazil”, said investigator Aloysio Falcao following a police media conference.
Update 9.22am: Draft terms of reference for the State inquiry into the Rio Olympics ticket scandal suggest that it could probe ticketing arrangements for the 2012 Olympics as well as this year’s Games.
The Irish Post can confirm that the passports, laptops and mobile phones seized belonged to Mr Kevin Kilty, OCI Honorable Treasurer and Chef de Mission; Mr Stephen Martin, OCI CEO; and Dermot Henihan OCI General Secretary.
“Early this morning in Rio, Brazilian police arrived at the OCI offices in the Olympic Village and at OCI accommodation outside of the village”, the OCI said.
Mr Kilty and Mr Martin left the station shortly after 6.15pm (10.15pmGMT) with Mr Kilty telling reporters: “We are happy to have cooperated”.
Hickey’s son, Stephen, used to work there while another member of staff was arrested in Brazil over the reselling of 2014 World Cup tickets.
They are three of six people named by police as people they wanted to talk to.
Hickey – who denies allegations he was involved in ticket scalping – has stepped aside as OCI chief after being arrested for alleged ticket touting, running a cartel and illicit marketing.
The authorised ticket re-seller for the OCI, PRO10 Sports Management, said Mr Mallon was facilitating the collection of the tickets by its customers.
He said the British company THG, a hospitality firm, “was the organiser of this criminal system that consists in the illegal sale of tickets at prices much higher than the official price, under cover of a hospitality programme”.
Hickey was arrested on Thursday (18 August) at a hotel in the Barra da Tijuca area of Rio.
Mr Hickey is being held in Rio’s Bangu prison complex.
Meanwhile, Hickey’s legal team have declared that he is being held in prison based on assumptions that are not “supported by any material evidence or proof”.
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The arrests are an embarrassment for the International Olympic Committee, which has, so far, not criticized or supported Hickey. Another official, Dermot Henihan, was interviewed but officers said he was free to leave the country.
