Recently, the anti-corruption in China's sports world has exploded again. The corruption and bribery case of Liu Aijie, former chairman of the China Rowing Association, was officially made public. It is reported that Liu Aijie's corruption and bribery reached 23.8158 million yuan. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 2 million yuan.
In this regard, many friends are also shocked that Liu Aijie is so greedy. After all, as a state official in the field of sports, he dares to ignore the laws of the country so much and put his personal desires above the interests of the country. According to media disclosures, Liu Aijie's official fortune has been prosperous in recent years, and with the continuous enhancement of the power in his hands, his personal desires are gradually expanding.
It is reported that after serving as the director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, as well as the chairman of the Chinese Rowing Association and the chairman of the Chinese Canoe Association, he began to take risks and gradually slipped into the abyss of economic crimes.
However, what is quite surprising is that Liu Aijie's corruption and bribery case is related to the former CCTV football celebrity Duan Xuan. According to statistics, Liu Aijie's huge amount of more than 20 million yuan of stolen money, Duan Xuan contributed 9.5 million yuan to him. And the reason why Duan Xuan was willing to bribe Liu Aijie was entirely due to the transfer of interests from both parties using power for personal gain.
It is understood that Duan Xuan, as the former host of CCTV's football program, resigned and left CCTV as early as 2015, and joined Beijing Banana Sports, which was invested by Wang Sicong, and became the company's legal person. On the occasion of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games, Duan Xuan also hopes to take the opportunity to lead Banana Sports Company to make a big profit.
In order to win the intermediary service contract for the "cross-border" and "cross-event" selection of candidates for the Olympic Games, he tried every means to get close to Liu Aijie, the chairman of the Canoe Association at the time, and bribed him many times. The banana company's reward is to make a high profit through the relevant service contracts signed with the China Rowing Association. The two sides abide by the friendly principle of mutual benefit and make money together, establish a network of trust between each other, and maximize their respective interests.
Now, both former CCTV celebrity Duan Xuan and Liu Aijie, who is a public official, will be punished by law for the crime of offering and accepting bribes. What few people know is that Liu Aijie was once the naturalization hero of the national goddess Gu Ailing, who shined at the Beijing Winter Olympics and won two golds and one silver. However, what awaits Liu Aijie will be a dark and unbroken career.