Ex-soccer official jailed for taking bribes
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February 19, 2012, Sunday
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FORMER Chinese Football Association vice president Yang Yimin was yesterday sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for taking 1.25 million yuan (US$199,202) in bribes, the Intermediate People's Court of Tieling, Liaoning Province, announced.
Yang was convicted of bribery by using his position as the association's deputy director between 1997 and 2009 to get the money from more than 20 companies and individuals. Yang also had personal property worth 200,000 yuan confiscated.
"I have been reflecting on my problems these days," he said. "I should have been a good model in the leading position, but I'm not honest and clean. My case has brought some negative effects to Chinese football. I want to apologize to the fans and the nation, and I'm willing to compensate for that in any way."
Yang accepted the sentence and said he will not appeal.
On February 16, four referees including Lu Jun were sentenced up to seven years in jail by the Intermediate People's Court of Dandong. The stage moved yesterday to Tieling, where the special police task force on investigating match-fixing cases and football corruption is based.
Also, the ex-director of the CFA's referee committee, Zhang Jianqiang, was sentenced to 12 years in jail for bribery and non-state staff bribery. He had personal assets worth 250,000 yuan confiscated. Zhang seemed to be satisfied with the result and dropped the appeal.
Dozens of former staff members from different professional soccer clubs who were involved in football corruption, match-fixing or gambling were also sentenced.
China's professional soccer leagues have been plagued with allegations of gambling, match-fixing and corruption for years. In order to clean up the game, a nationwide crackdown on gambling and match-fixing was launched by the government in 2009.
Several former key members of the CFA are still to be tried.
Yang was convicted of bribery by using his position as the association's deputy director between 1997 and 2009 to get the money from more than 20 companies and individuals. Yang also had personal property worth 200,000 yuan confiscated.
"I have been reflecting on my problems these days," he said. "I should have been a good model in the leading position, but I'm not honest and clean. My case has brought some negative effects to Chinese football. I want to apologize to the fans and the nation, and I'm willing to compensate for that in any way."
Yang accepted the sentence and said he will not appeal.
On February 16, four referees including Lu Jun were sentenced up to seven years in jail by the Intermediate People's Court of Dandong. The stage moved yesterday to Tieling, where the special police task force on investigating match-fixing cases and football corruption is based.
Also, the ex-director of the CFA's referee committee, Zhang Jianqiang, was sentenced to 12 years in jail for bribery and non-state staff bribery. He had personal assets worth 250,000 yuan confiscated. Zhang seemed to be satisfied with the result and dropped the appeal.
Dozens of former staff members from different professional soccer clubs who were involved in football corruption, match-fixing or gambling were also sentenced.
China's professional soccer leagues have been plagued with allegations of gambling, match-fixing and corruption for years. In order to clean up the game, a nationwide crackdown on gambling and match-fixing was launched by the government in 2009.
Several former key members of the CFA are still to be tried.
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