2024-01-30 02:10:25
As the Chinese government’s intensive investigation into the Chinese Football Association continues, the former president of the Chinese Football Association, who was indicted on corruption charges, admitted in court to receiving a large sum of bribe.
According to local Chinese media reports, Chen Xuyuan, former president of the Chinese Football Association, admitted at the first trial held at the Intermediate People’s Court in Huangshi City, Hubei Province on the 29th that he received a total of 81.03 million yuan, or approximately 15.08 billion Korean won, in bribes. I did.
Previously, Chinese prosecutors said that while former President Chen held key positions such as the president of the Shanghai International Port Group and the president of the China Football Association from 2010 to 2023, he abused his official authority to provide convenience to certain people in project contracts and competition schedules and illegally He was sent to trial in September last year on charges of receiving bribes.
In China, there have been a series of recent reports regarding rampant corruption in the soccer world.
On the 9th, CCTV, a state-run media outlet, reported a documentary covering the rampant match-fixing and bribery cases in the Chinese soccer world, and revealed that former coach Li Tian, who was in charge of the Chinese national team during the Asian final qualifiers for the 2022 Qatar World Cup, entered Chinese soccer to become the national team coach. It was also revealed that approximately 550 million won of our money was given to high-ranking officials of the association.
In the process of preparing funds for bribery, former coach Lee selected four players with low skills to play for the national team.
Meanwhile, the Chinese national soccer team has been criticized by public opinion for not scoring a single goal in the three group matches of the Asian Cup finals and ending the tournament with a poor record of two draws and one loss.
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