It's the referee's turn! Tan Hai, former Chinese Super League Golden Sentinel, and Qi Jun, director of the Football Association's competition department, were taken away for investigation

The storm of "anti-gambling and anti-gangsterism" in Chinese football has been quiet for a period of time, and then has made waves again. On the evening of July 21, Beijing time, Xu Jiang, a well-known domestic media person, revealed that Tan Hai, former golden sentinel, and Qi Jun, director of the competition department of the Football Association, were called away during a meeting.

Earlier this day, reporters Zhao Yu and Pei Li hinted on social media that someone in Chinese football was arrested today, but neither revealed who was taken away. Xu Jiang directly named Tan Hai, the former golden sentinel, and Qi Jun, the director of the Football Association's competition department, who were taken away at the meeting.

Born in 1970, Tan Hai became an international referee in 2004, he has been enforcing the Chinese Super League since 2005, and he was named "Golden Whistle" (Referee of the Year) four times by the organisers in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015.

Tan Hai retired in 2016. On January 12, 2018, Tan Hai became the head of the referee management department of the Chinese Football Association. Previously, none of the people caught in this storm came from the referee world. And if Xu Jiang's revelation is true, Tan Hai is the first person.

Qi Jun has long served as the head of the Football Association's competition department, he also served as the deputy secretary-general of the football association, and became the head of the strategic planning department of the football association in August last year. During last year's World Qualifiers, Qi Jun was the leader of the national football team.