LIMA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Peru's soccer authorities on Wednesday announced a pay cut for national team manager, Julio Uribe, as a punishment for lying about partying in Japanese city Yokohama, after Peru's March 24 2-0 defeat in a friendly match with Japan.

    Uribe, who took charge on March 16, will earn 25,200 U.S. dollars a month instead of the contracted 36,000 U.S. dollars.

    "We are not bothered about Uribe's going to nightclubs, after the Japan match, but we are worried by the fact he denied it, and that is why we have decided to punish him financially," said Juvenal Silva, head of Peru's South African 2010 World Cup Commission.

    Press and Peruvian citizen living in Japan had reported Uribe drinking and chasing dancers, all of which Uribe denied until confronted with evidence.

    Silva said the Commission was investigating Uribe and some players for other incidents in Japan, which allegedly took place on the night before the match.

    "If these are proven... he will be removed from his post," Silva said. "We will not allow him to tarnish a job he has only just begun," he added.

    Peru has not taken part in a World Cup since 1982, in Spain. In that Cup, Uribe was a star player in the Peru squad, which was eliminated in the first round.