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Chinese Soccer Gambling Scandal Widens to Grab Boss
BEIJING, CHINA --
Chinese Football Association head Nan Yong has been arrested in the widening net of the investigation into thrown games and gambling scandals. While some lower-level European clubs have been implicated, the bulk of the gambling corruption seems to involve Chinese players and officials.
The association's vice-president and supervisor of referees were both also detained by authorities, according to Xinhua new agency.
Chinese law enforcement has been at pains to eliminate sports gambling and preserve what remains of the integrity of the sport in China. Unlike European clubs, Chinese teams and police cannot rely on the help of online casinos to detect suspicious betting, as China seeks to ban online gambling, rather than use it to help police sports.
The Soccer News reported that meetings to be run by the detained officials have been cancelled until temporary replacements are appointed.
Over 21 persons involved in Chinese soccer have been arrested over the last two months. Former player Lu Dong was sentenced this week to three years in jail for gambling, even though there was no accusation of matchfixing.
As frequently happens in Communist countries, the arrests of the highly-placed officials follows public statements by Party leaders on the need to end the disgrace the gambling scandals have caused the country. Whether or not the executives were involved is probably irrelevant at this point; they already had the bad luck to be in charge at the wrong time.
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