On April 3, the Chinese Billiards Association issued an official statement, in response to the scandal of beating women exposed by Chinese snooker player Liang Wenbo in the Uk a few days ago, after the World Taiwan Federation made a temporary ban penalty decision, it will again impose additional penalties! From 3 April 2022, Liang Wenbo's qualification to participate in domestic billiards competitions will be suspended, and his position as deputy director of the Professional Players Committee in the UK will be suspended. In addition, after the results of the WDF hearings, there will be further penalties.
On April 1, British local time, the local media "Yorkshire Post" exposed the scandal of Chinese snooker star Liang Wenbo beating women on the street in Sheffield, England last year, and was fined 1380 pounds by the local police and forced to participate in 96 hours of community labor within 12 months. Liang Wenbo himself confessed to his behavior, and although he had reached a settlement with the victim and sincerely apologized, the incident immediately attracted strong attention and heated discussion from the outside world as soon as the media exposed.
After learning of this incident, the World Federation of Taiwan Affairs made a temporary suspension of Liang Wenbo after studying, because his personal behavior was detrimental to the image of the snooker movement, and even more violated the professional agreement he signed with the World Snooker Tour, so he would be temporarily suspended until the World Federation of Taiwan Affairs Investigation Committee completed further investigation and hearing on the incident, and the results were announced, and then it could be lifted as appropriate. Therefore, Liang Wenbo regretted missing the qualifying round of the World Championships in the final battle of the season.
The occurrence of the Liang Wenbo incident has also caused a lot of heated discussion in China, and Chinese netizens and fans are disdainful of his violent behavior, but they feel that they have not yet risen to the height of the need to ban him, after all, it is a problem of his private life, which has not affected the arena and beyond. As the competent authority for the sport of snooker in China, the Chinese Billiards Association announced the additional punishment for Liang Wenbo after research, which also explained the most severe supervision and punishment of the behavior of Chinese snooker players.