With the former CCTV celebrity "Duan Xuan" being prosecuted by the Shancheng District Procuratorate of Hebi City on suspicion of bribery, the anti-corruption turmoil in Chinese football has made new progress, so according to a well-known media person Li Weiao, the first verdict in Li Tie's case was released, and it was finally determined that the amount involved exceeded 23 million yuan, and the next one to be finally sentenced is very likely to be the protagonists Li Tie and Chen Xuyuan
Duan Xuan, as a former famous host of CCTV, has 20 years of CCTV hosting and interview experience in the field of football, so during these 20 years, Duan Xuan has also befriended many Chinese football bigwigs because of CCTV's "famous mouth", in Duan Xuan's 20 years of CCTV work experience, he not only hosted 4 World Cups, but also created the smash hit "World Football" program, Duan Xuan has also become an irreplaceable CCTV anchor in the hearts of fans, but in 2015, Duan Xuan said goodbye to CCTV, joined the Banana Project Sports Company founded by Wang Sicong, and Wang Sicong not only made Duan Xuan the CEO, but also gave him 20% of the company's shares
According to Li Weiao, Duan Xuan, as the company's CEO, paid bribes of more than 9.5 million yuan from 2018 to 2020 to Liu Aijie, then director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the General Administration of Sports of China, chairman of the Chinese Rowing Association and chairman of the Chinese Canoe Association
So now the first-instance verdict of the Intermediate People's Court of Hebi City, Henan Province has been released, Liu Aijie was finally sentenced to 11 years in prison for taking bribes and fined 2 million yuan.
Liu Aijie and his wife Zhang Xiuyun were arrested for accepting bribes during the investigation, and confessed to Duan Xuan, it turned out that Duan Xuan paid bribes of more than 9.51 million yuan to Liu Aijie and his wife in four places in order to contract the "cross-border" and "cross-sport" selection and intermediary services for the preparation of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and Liu Aijie and his wife accepted bribes of about 14 million yuan from other units and individuals in addition to Duan Xuan's money
However, with the announcement of Liu Aijie's verdict, the interesting detail is that Liu Aijie was taken away for investigation in April 2023, that is to say, from the investigation to the final trial, that is, 8 months, and as the protagonists of this round of anti-corruption turmoil in Chinese football, the former national football coach Li Tie and the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association Chen Xuyuan, who were also the first to be taken away for investigation, may be the sentencing date for the two of them
And according to Liu Aijie's sentence of 11 years in prison, Chen Xuyuan and Li Tie, who also accepted bribes of far more than 10 million yuan, are likely to face 15 to 20 years in prison, and even according to the speculation of well-known media person Ran Xiongfei, because these two people are the "protagonists" in this round of anti-corruption turmoil , so it will definitely face heavy criminal punishment, and in the process of anti-corruption, it was found that there are too many people involved in corruption in the Chinese Football Association, and if all of them are caught, then the Football Association is basically facing a paralyzed situation, so the task force has put forward a plan called "returning stolen goods to reduce punishment or not punishment" for officials who accept small amounts of bribes
Editor: Fat Shou Tao