City soccer star under restriction
By Wang Qingchu |
October 21, 2010, Thursday
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FORMER Shanghai soccer star and internationalist Shen Si has been put under police restriction in Shenyang, according to an insider quoted by a local evening newspaper yesterday.
"Police restriction" is when suspects can be deprived of their freedom during criminal proceedings.
Other players who might also be under police restriction in the ongoing nationwide investigation of soccer corruption include Qi Hong, Jiang Jing, Li Ming and Wu Chengying, Xinmin Evening News reported.
When Shen and Qi were taken away by Liaoning police last week, there was speculation the investigation was focusing on the final game in the 02/03 Chinese first division match between Shanghai International and Tianjin Taida.
International, second in the league and one point behind Shanghai Shenhua, lost 1-2, not only losing the title but allowing Taida to remain in the following year's super league. The five players believed to be under police restriction all took part in that game.
Zhang Yifeng, Taida's manager, had been detained earlier, leading to speculation, according to the newspaper, that more than 6 million yuan had been paid to key players to fix the match and that Zhang had named Shen and Qi under interrogation, the report said.
Meanwhile, a former Shanghai Shenhua official hit back at rumors that Shenhua bought the 02/03 championship by spending 200 million yuan to fix matches, the report said. Rumors gained circulation after Lou Shifang, Shenhua's former manager, was taken away for police investigation.
"We did invest a lot in that season, but it's impossible to buy the title with 200 million yuan. Anyone with some sense won't believe such kind of ridiculous nonsense," the unnamed official told Xinmin Evening News.
Shenhua signed some domestic top performers and competitive foreign players, resulting in a record high investment in 2003, he said.
Shenhua also shelled out a large amount in bonuses that season, the report said.
"Police restriction" is when suspects can be deprived of their freedom during criminal proceedings.
Other players who might also be under police restriction in the ongoing nationwide investigation of soccer corruption include Qi Hong, Jiang Jing, Li Ming and Wu Chengying, Xinmin Evening News reported.
When Shen and Qi were taken away by Liaoning police last week, there was speculation the investigation was focusing on the final game in the 02/03 Chinese first division match between Shanghai International and Tianjin Taida.
International, second in the league and one point behind Shanghai Shenhua, lost 1-2, not only losing the title but allowing Taida to remain in the following year's super league. The five players believed to be under police restriction all took part in that game.
Zhang Yifeng, Taida's manager, had been detained earlier, leading to speculation, according to the newspaper, that more than 6 million yuan had been paid to key players to fix the match and that Zhang had named Shen and Qi under interrogation, the report said.
Meanwhile, a former Shanghai Shenhua official hit back at rumors that Shenhua bought the 02/03 championship by spending 200 million yuan to fix matches, the report said. Rumors gained circulation after Lou Shifang, Shenhua's former manager, was taken away for police investigation.
"We did invest a lot in that season, but it's impossible to buy the title with 200 million yuan. Anyone with some sense won't believe such kind of ridiculous nonsense," the unnamed official told Xinmin Evening News.
Shenhua signed some domestic top performers and competitive foreign players, resulting in a record high investment in 2003, he said.
Shenhua also shelled out a large amount in bonuses that season, the report said.
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