Condemned by the court now to the former president of the Chinese Football Super League (CSL), Ma Chenquanto 10 years in prison for accepting bribes and abusing his position to obtain benefits, in a week in which other Chinese football officials were sentenced for corruption.
A court in Hubei province ruled that mamust also pay a fine of 800,000 yuan (112,000 dollars, 100,000 euros), according to now the local newspaper Global Times.
“Serious violation of discipline and law”
The province’s anti-corruption authorities announced about a year ago that they had begun an investigation into the actions of mawho is suspected of having committed “serious violations of discipline and law.”
This Tuesday, another court sentenced the former president and general secretary of the Football Association of the central city of Chengdu, Gu Jimiangup to six years and a fine of 400,000 yuan ($55,970, 50,530 euros) for embezzlement and for accepting and offering bribes.
And on the same day, the former competition director of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Huang Songup to seven years in prison for receiving gifts.
On Monday, former CFA vice president Li Yuyi was sentenced to 11 years in prison for accepting a total of approximately one million yuan ($139,780, 126,700 euros) in bribes
In recent years, several Chinese football officials have been investigated for corruption, including the former president of the Super League Liu Jun or even the former coach Li Tieone of the legends of football in the Asian giant.
Last March, the former president of the CFA between 2019 and 2023, Chen Xuyuanwas sentenced to life in prison for accepting more than 81 million yuan (11.2 million dollars or 10.3 million euros) in bribes over a 13-year career.
Last October, the CFA promised “greater openness and transparency” in the face of numerous corruption cases registered within it. After coming to power in 2012, the current general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the country, Xi Jinping, an anti-corruption campaign began in which several high-ranking Chinese officials were convicted of accepting million-dollar bribes.
Source: La Verdad
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