Ex Football Official In China, Li Yuyi Sentenced To 11Years Imprisonment For Corruption

The former vice president of the Chinese Football Association, Li Yuyi, has been sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Chinese court for taking bribes or gifts in exchange for favours, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, August 19.

The prosecutors had accused him of abusing his previously held positions at the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Football Association Super League Company between 2004 and 2021.

The court also fined Li 1 million yuan ($139,579.03).

The probe concluded he had received money and valuables worth over $1.69 million in return for help rendered on various issues.

In March, Xinhua reported that in his final statement, Li pleaded guilty and expressed remorse.

The court's verdict in Li's case follows a string of probes into more than a dozen high-level soccer officials since late 2022.

Before Li, two former chiefs of the same soccer association were charged with taking bribes and were sent to prison for 10 and a half years in 2012.

This year in March, one of the biggest corruption scandals hit the country when a former chief of China's soccer association was convicted of taking bribes worth more than $10 million and sentenced to life in prison.

Under Xi Jinping's command, efforts against corruption have remained among the top priorities of China's Communist Party.

Posted: at 19-08-2024 01:16 PM (8 months ago) | Addicted Hero

,,, that's why u are foolish,, u don't even know ur left and right, u don't know what u want as a human being,  u stay in ur comfort zone supporting evil men that rules Nigeria with a heavy economic hardship to Nigerians and u here hailing Chinese government that have her citizens at heart and penalises every corrupt politician in China which some of them ended being executed bcos of corruption, same people u supports in Nigeria should have been executed since yrs back..You see

Posted: at 19-08-2024 05:24 PM (8 months ago) | Upcoming