Club manager on trial for soccer corruption

Updated: 2011-12-20 11:05

(Xinhua)

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TIELING, Liaoning Province - A former soccer club manager was put on trial Tuesday morning as the first round of Chinese soccer corruption trials went into the second day.

Wang Po, general manager of Shaanxi Guoli club, stood trial on charges of bribe-taking and fraud in the Intermediate People's Court of Tieling in Northeast China's Liaoning province.

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Soccer referees Huang Junjie and Zhou Weixin will be on trial in the Intermediate People's Court of Dandong in another Liaoning city. Both were charged with taking bribes as non-state staff with Zhou facing an additional count of bribing civil servants.

Following is a list of people and clubs who stand trial for soccer corruption this week:

Zhang Jianqiang

Former Position: Director of the Chinese Football Association (CFA)'s referee committee

Charges: Bribe-taking and bribery by non-public servantsp

Date: Dec 19

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Tieling

Wang Po

Former Position: General manager of Shaanxi Guoli soccer club

Charges: Bribe-taking, fraud

Date: December 20

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Tieling

Chengdu Sheffield United Club, Qiangdao Hailifeng Club and 18 individuals including Du Yunqi and Liu Hongwei

Charges: Bribing public servants, embezzlement, illegal detention and disrupting public services

Date: December 20

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Tieling

Yang Yimin

Former Position: Deputy director of the Chinese Football Administrative Center, Vice-president of CFA

Charges: Bribe-taking

Date: December 21

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Tieling

Wang Xin, Liu Xinbin, Liu Tong

Former Position: Wang Xin used to be general manager of Liaoning Guangyuan Club

Charges: Bribing public servants, illegal betting

Date: December 22

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Tieling

Huang Junjie

Former Position: Referee

Charges: Bribery by non-public servants

Date: December 20

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Dandong

Zhou Weixin

Former Position: Referee

Charges: Bribery by non-public servants, bribing public servants

Date: December 20

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Dandong

Lu Jun

Former Position: Referee

Charges: Bribery by non-public servants

Date: December 21

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Dandong

Wan Daxue

Former Position: Referee

Charges: Bribery by non-public servants

Date: December 21

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Dandong

Lu Feng

Former Position: General manager of CFA Super League Co Ltd

Charges: Bribing, bribery by non-public servants

Date: December 21

Place: The Intermediate People's Court of Dandong

Nan Yong

Former Position: Vice-president of CFA

Arrested on March 1, 2010

Xie Yalong

Former Position: Vice-president of CFA

Arrested in September 2010