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Police denies torture claim from former soccer head
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April 26, 2012, Thursday
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Chinese police has denied a claim by the country's former soccer head Xie Yalong that he had been tortured into confessing to bribe-taking.
The 56-year-old Xie, who stood trial for 12 counts of bribery worth over 1.7 million yuan (US$273,000), told a court in Dandong, Liaoning Province, on Tuesday that he had admitted to the crimes he didn't commit because he feared for his life.
The former director of the Football Administrative Center said that he had been tortured with electric shocks, beaten, and doused with water while being interrogated during investigations.
Liu Leguo, deputy director of Liaoning Public Security Bureau which oversaw the investigative team on Chinese soccer corruption, denounced Xie's claim as "groundless."
"We have substantial evidences to refute Xie Yalong's claim," said Liu. "He and his attorneys claimed to the media, without any evidence, that he had been beaten up by police. They should be held responsible for what they said."
Four police officers on the investigative team said they had never roughed up Xie.
The 56-year-old Xie, who stood trial for 12 counts of bribery worth over 1.7 million yuan (US$273,000), told a court in Dandong, Liaoning Province, on Tuesday that he had admitted to the crimes he didn't commit because he feared for his life.
The former director of the Football Administrative Center said that he had been tortured with electric shocks, beaten, and doused with water while being interrogated during investigations.
Liu Leguo, deputy director of Liaoning Public Security Bureau which oversaw the investigative team on Chinese soccer corruption, denounced Xie's claim as "groundless."
"We have substantial evidences to refute Xie Yalong's claim," said Liu. "He and his attorneys claimed to the media, without any evidence, that he had been beaten up by police. They should be held responsible for what they said."
Four police officers on the investigative team said they had never roughed up Xie.
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