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More football officials arrested in graft probe
By Li Xinran |
September 17, 2010, Friday
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Three key figures of the disgraced Chinese Football Association have been arrested over graft charges amid the country's widening crackdown on soccer corruption.
Xie Yalong, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and two of his lieutenants Yu Shaohui and Li Dongsheng were all arrested, disclosed an insider at the assocation.
The three were taken away by police two weeks ago and are now put under "arrest status" according to China's criminal law.
But no official announcement has been made by police yet.
People speculated that Xie, Yu and Li had collaborated with other senior football officials to accept bribes to fix matches and place players on and off the payroll of the national team.
Police probe has so far netted more than a dozen players and officials, including Nan Yong, Xie's former associate, who replaced Xie to become the association's vice chairman in 2009.
According to Nan's recent confession, a former national team player offered him 100,000 yuan (US$14,800) via Yu to kick on behalf of China.
Meanwhile, Yu was reported to have much closer personal ties with Xie.
It was widely accepted that a player would pay about 100,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan to realize his dream to kick for the national team.
Coaches with ambition to train the national team are no exception.
The suspected officials are also accused of taking bribes from local football associations for setting up friendly matches.
Gao Jian, the head of Chongqing Football Management Center, is believed in police custody. Another local football official, not identified, even attempted to commit suicide, the source said.
A police task force has been to Qingdao and is now in Shanghai to collect further evidence.
Moreover, clubs should pay referees 40,000 yuan for a fair play and much more for a winning result.
Referees usually handed in most of the sum they received to the association. The association's commercial and advertising arm, China Football Industry Development Corp, was suspected to function as "little coffer" as its annual net profit is never beyond 200,000 yuan despite millions of yuan in revenue.
Xie Yalong, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and two of his lieutenants Yu Shaohui and Li Dongsheng were all arrested, disclosed an insider at the assocation.
The three were taken away by police two weeks ago and are now put under "arrest status" according to China's criminal law.
But no official announcement has been made by police yet.
People speculated that Xie, Yu and Li had collaborated with other senior football officials to accept bribes to fix matches and place players on and off the payroll of the national team.
Police probe has so far netted more than a dozen players and officials, including Nan Yong, Xie's former associate, who replaced Xie to become the association's vice chairman in 2009.
According to Nan's recent confession, a former national team player offered him 100,000 yuan (US$14,800) via Yu to kick on behalf of China.
Meanwhile, Yu was reported to have much closer personal ties with Xie.
It was widely accepted that a player would pay about 100,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan to realize his dream to kick for the national team.
Coaches with ambition to train the national team are no exception.
The suspected officials are also accused of taking bribes from local football associations for setting up friendly matches.
Gao Jian, the head of Chongqing Football Management Center, is believed in police custody. Another local football official, not identified, even attempted to commit suicide, the source said.
A police task force has been to Qingdao and is now in Shanghai to collect further evidence.
Moreover, clubs should pay referees 40,000 yuan for a fair play and much more for a winning result.
Referees usually handed in most of the sum they received to the association. The association's commercial and advertising arm, China Football Industry Development Corp, was suspected to function as "little coffer" as its annual net profit is never beyond 200,000 yuan despite millions of yuan in revenue.
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