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Nov 26, 2009
LIAONING CORRUPTION SAGA
Ex-official arrested
Wanted by Singapore for match-fixing, he is among 16 held in China
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Wang Xin, the former Liaoning Guangyuan football general manager, has been arrested in his native China on charges for match-fixing.
<!-- story content : start --> WANTED the past 22 months by the Singapore authorities for match-fixing, Wang Xin, the former Liaoning Guangyuan football general manager, has been arrested in his native China on similar charges. On Wednesday, Chinese news agency Xinhua announced that the 41-year-old was apprehended along with 15 other players, coaches and association and club officials for match-fixing in the country. They include ex-Liaoning coach Ding Zhe, who was not implicated with Wang in the 2007 Liaoning corruption saga, which remains the S-League's biggest corruption scandal with seven players from the now-defunct club fined and jailed. Wang was arrested by China's Ministry of Public Security in Liaoning in April for 'manipulating domestic soccer matches through commercial bribery'. The Chinese authorities made his arrest public only on Wednesday. A Chinese police spokesman said: 'During the investigation into Wang Xin's match-rigging scheme in Singapore, it was found that he also manipulated domestic matches through commercial bribery.'
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
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WANG XIN (above): He was general manager of S-League club Liaoning Guangyuan in 2007. He fled Singapore the following year and did not return from China to face charges of match-fixing S-League games. He is on Interpol's wanted list.
Nov 26, 2009
LIAONING CORRUPTION SAGA
Ex-official arrested
Wanted by Singapore for match-fixing, he is among 16 held in China
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Wang Xin, the former Liaoning Guangyuan football general manager, has been arrested in his native China on charges for match-fixing.
<!-- story content : start --> WANTED the past 22 months by the Singapore authorities for match-fixing, Wang Xin, the former Liaoning Guangyuan football general manager, has been arrested in his native China on similar charges. On Wednesday, Chinese news agency Xinhua announced that the 41-year-old was apprehended along with 15 other players, coaches and association and club officials for match-fixing in the country. They include ex-Liaoning coach Ding Zhe, who was not implicated with Wang in the 2007 Liaoning corruption saga, which remains the S-League's biggest corruption scandal with seven players from the now-defunct club fined and jailed. Wang was arrested by China's Ministry of Public Security in Liaoning in April for 'manipulating domestic soccer matches through commercial bribery'. The Chinese authorities made his arrest public only on Wednesday. A Chinese police spokesman said: 'During the investigation into Wang Xin's match-rigging scheme in Singapore, it was found that he also manipulated domestic matches through commercial bribery.'
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
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Who they are: Four of those arrested
WANG XIN (above): He was general manager of S-League club Liaoning Guangyuan in 2007. He fled Singapore the following year and did not return from China to face charges of match-fixing S-League games. He is on Interpol's wanted list.
DING ZHE (above): He was head coach of S-League club Liaoning Guangyuan in 2007. Two years earlier, he was head coach of another S-League club, Sinchi.
WANG PO: He was general manager of a string of clubs in China, including Harbin, Heilongjiang in 2005. The club was disqualified from the second-tier league for failing to pay up its players' wages.
YANG XU: Former vice-president of Guangzhou Football Association, deputy general manager of current Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC in 2006.
WANG PO: He was general manager of a string of clubs in China, including Harbin, Heilongjiang in 2005. The club was disqualified from the second-tier league for failing to pay up its players' wages.
YANG XU: Former vice-president of Guangzhou Football Association, deputy general manager of current Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Pharmaceutical FC in 2006.
