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3 soccer bigwigs arrested for graft
By Li Xinran |
September 18, 2010, Saturday
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Three key figures, including the former chief of China's football sector, have been arrested on graft charges as nationwide crackdown on soccer corruption continues to expand.
Xie Yalong, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and two of his then lieutenants, Yu Shaohui and Li Dongsheng, were all arrested, news reports said, citing an unidentified inside source.
The three have been with police for 15 days and prosecutor reportedly have approved their arrests.
Police have not released an official announcement.
Xie, Yu and Li are alleged to have collaborated with other senior football officials in accepting bribes to fix matches and place players on or off the payroll of the national team.
The allegations were reported amid the ongoing police probe, which so far has netted more than a dozen players and officials, including Nan Yong, Xie's then associate who replaced Xie to become the association's vice chairman in 2009.
According to a recent confession by Nan, a former national team player offered him 100,000 yuan (US$14,800) to kick on behalf of China. Nan said Yu was the middleman in the transaction.
Pay to play
According to reports, Yu had much closer personal ties with Xie.
It was widely accepted that a player would pay 100,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan for a chance to play for the national team. Some coaches also paid to coach the national team, but the amounts have not been disclosed.
In another aspect of the scandal, suspected officials allegedly took bribes from local football associations to set up friendly matches to their liking.
Gao Jian, who headed Chongqing's football management center, reportedly is under police investigation. Another local football chief, not identified, even attempted to commit suicide to escape the police probe, according to media reports.
Investigators are also exploring allegations that clubs paid referees 40,000 yuan to ensure the match would be judged fairly, and much more than that for a winning result.
Referees reportedly handed in most of the sum they accepted to the association.
Xie Yalong, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and two of his then lieutenants, Yu Shaohui and Li Dongsheng, were all arrested, news reports said, citing an unidentified inside source.
The three have been with police for 15 days and prosecutor reportedly have approved their arrests.
Police have not released an official announcement.
Xie, Yu and Li are alleged to have collaborated with other senior football officials in accepting bribes to fix matches and place players on or off the payroll of the national team.
The allegations were reported amid the ongoing police probe, which so far has netted more than a dozen players and officials, including Nan Yong, Xie's then associate who replaced Xie to become the association's vice chairman in 2009.
According to a recent confession by Nan, a former national team player offered him 100,000 yuan (US$14,800) to kick on behalf of China. Nan said Yu was the middleman in the transaction.
Pay to play
According to reports, Yu had much closer personal ties with Xie.
It was widely accepted that a player would pay 100,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan for a chance to play for the national team. Some coaches also paid to coach the national team, but the amounts have not been disclosed.
In another aspect of the scandal, suspected officials allegedly took bribes from local football associations to set up friendly matches to their liking.
Gao Jian, who headed Chongqing's football management center, reportedly is under police investigation. Another local football chief, not identified, even attempted to commit suicide to escape the police probe, according to media reports.
Investigators are also exploring allegations that clubs paid referees 40,000 yuan to ensure the match would be judged fairly, and much more than that for a winning result.
Referees reportedly handed in most of the sum they accepted to the association.
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