Official confirmation! Former Golden Sentinel Tan Hai and Competition Minister Qi Jun were investigated, and in just 9 months, 13 people from the Football Association were arrested
On July 22, Beijing time, the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection released news that Tan Hai, former Golden Sentinel, director of the Technical Department of the Chinese Football Association, and Qi Jun, director of the Strategic Planning Department of the Chinese Football Association, are suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and are currently under review and investigation by the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission stationed in the State General Administration of Sports and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission. According to Xu Jiang, a media person earlier, the two were taken away during a meeting.
Born in 1970, Tan Hai has been a member of the Chinese Super League since 2005 and was named "Golden Whistle" (Referee of the Year) four times by the organisers in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015. Tan Hai has also gone abroad, and has served as a referee dozens of times in the AFC Champions League, East Asian Cup, West Asia Cup, AFC Cup and other events. He has also been enforced in the World Qualifiers. In 2016, Tan Hai closed the post, and two years later, Tan Hai became the head of the referee management department of the Chinese Football Association.
In 2010, Qi Jun was one of several middle-level cadres specially assigned by the General Administration of Sports to the Chinese Football Association. Prior to becoming the head of the strategic planning department of the Football Association, he was the director of the competition department for a long time. During the World Qualifiers in Qatar, he also served as the manager of the Chinese men's national team.
With Tan Hai and Qi Jun arrested, since the former national football coach Li Tie was taken away in November last year, in just 9 months, 13 former and current high-level officials of the Chinese Football Association have been investigated, covering various departments, including former football association president Chen Jiayuan, vice chairman Yu Hongchen, disciplinary committee Wang Xiaoping, and other heavyweight names. It is foreseeable that more people may join them in the future.