Tainted officials set to go on trial
By Ni Yinbin |
November 22, 2011, Tuesday
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FORMER officials of China's soccer administration who were arrested for match-fixing and bribery are expected to go on trial next week, reports said yesterday.
The prosecutors yesterday sued the first batch of officials and coaches arrested in the national campaign, including Yang Yimin, former deputy director of the China Football Association, and their trial will open in the Intermediate People's Court of Tieling, Liaoning Province, next week, China National Radio reported yesterday.
Besides Yang, Zhang Jianqiang, former director of women's soccer of the association, and Gao Hui, former coach of the second division Yanbian Changbai Tigers Football Club, will also go on trial.
Yang allegedly fixed games in the first-tier China Super League while Zhang worked as a middleman to accept bribes for Yang.
China launched a national campaign against soccer gambling, game-fixing and bribery in October 2009. By the end of last year, dozens of players, referees, coaches, club managers and government officials had been arrested in the crackdown.
Nan Yong and Yang, both vice chairmen of the association, were arrested in March last year. Nan allegedly persuaded players to fix games, according to previous reports.
Xie Yalong, Nan's predecessor, was arrested on bribery charges in October last year.
After Yang, some of China's well-known referees and famous soccer managers will also face trials.
The prosecutors yesterday sued the first batch of officials and coaches arrested in the national campaign, including Yang Yimin, former deputy director of the China Football Association, and their trial will open in the Intermediate People's Court of Tieling, Liaoning Province, next week, China National Radio reported yesterday.
Besides Yang, Zhang Jianqiang, former director of women's soccer of the association, and Gao Hui, former coach of the second division Yanbian Changbai Tigers Football Club, will also go on trial.
Yang allegedly fixed games in the first-tier China Super League while Zhang worked as a middleman to accept bribes for Yang.
China launched a national campaign against soccer gambling, game-fixing and bribery in October 2009. By the end of last year, dozens of players, referees, coaches, club managers and government officials had been arrested in the crackdown.
Nan Yong and Yang, both vice chairmen of the association, were arrested in March last year. Nan allegedly persuaded players to fix games, according to previous reports.
Xie Yalong, Nan's predecessor, was arrested on bribery charges in October last year.
After Yang, some of China's well-known referees and famous soccer managers will also face trials.
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