The Chinese Football Association (CFA) announced on Tuesday lifetime bans for 43 people from participating in any football-related activity, following a two-year investigation into betting and match-fixing.
Among those sanctioned are former Chinese internationals such as Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, Gu Chaoand the South Koreans Son Jun-hocurrent player for Suwon FC of the K League, who was arrested in May 2023 while playing for Shandong Taishan, and released in March, the governing body of soccer in the Asian giant reported today.
“The Ministry of Public Security informed the General Administration of Sports of China and the CFA about the first batch of 61 people involved,” he said. Zhang Xiaopengsenior officials of the Ministry in question, the official agency cited this Tuesday Xinhua.
Additionally, 17 individuals, including the Cameroonian player Ewolo Donovan currently in Kuwaiti Khaitan SC, but then on Zhejiang FC Chinese, received the sanction of a five-year suspension.
The investigation includes 120 matches, 128 suspects and 41 football clubs.
The president of the CFA, Song Kaiconfirmed that 43 of those punished will not be able to participate in any football-related activity.
“We urge the entire football industry to strictly adhere to this ban,” he warned. song.
In recent years, several Chinese football officials have been investigated for corruption, including the former president of the Chinese Football Super League (CSL), Liu Junor even the former national soccer coach, Li Tie, one of the legends of football in the Asian giant.
Several Chinese football officials were convicted in late August of corruption, including another former CSL president, Ma Chenquan, who received a ten-year prison sentence, and former CFA vice-president Li Yuyi, who sentenced to eleven years for accepting bribes.
Other managers, such as Huang Song and Gu Jimiang, They also face sentences of seven and six years respectively for similar crimes.
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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