Will Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Football Association, be sentenced to death, why is he crying bitterly and willing to buy regret medicine with his life?
On January 9, Beijing time, the TV feature film "Continue to Make Efforts to Promote in Depth" broadcast the fourth episode of "Promoting the "Three Non-Corruptions" in One Piece". As the third president of the Chinese Football Association to be arrested, Chen Xuyuan apologized to fans across the country through the TV camera, and said with tears in his eyes, "If there is a regret medicine to buy, I am willing to buy it back with my life." CCTV said in this special program that the amount of money involved in Chen Xuyuan's case is tens of millions, so the question is, will Chen Xuyuan be sentenced to death?
The death penalty for corrupt officials is what everyone wants to see in terms of public opinion. However, everything must be based on facts and the law as the criterion. In the TV feature film "Continue to Make Efforts and Advance in Depth" broadcast on January 6, Li Wenxi, former director of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, accepted bribes totaling more than 541 million yuan. The punishment he received was the death penalty with a two-year reprieve. After the two-year suspension of their death sentence is completed and commuted to life imprisonment in accordance with law, they are to be imprisoned for life without commutation or parole.
Chen Xuyuan is the third president of the Football Association to be arrested in the history of Chinese football, and the seriousness of his case is far greater than that of Xie Yalong and Nan Yong before him.
In 2010, Xie Yalong was arrested on suspicion of manipulating football matches and accepting bribes, and in June 2012, the Dandong Intermediate People's Court issued a first-instance verdict sentencing him to 10 years and six months in prison. The prosecution accused Xie Yalong of 12 criminal facts involving an amount of 1.72 million yuan, and Xie Yalong denied some of the accusations. Xie Yalong was released from prison in March 2019.
On March 1, 2010, Nan Yong was arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes for manipulating a football match, and the amount involved in the case amounted to about 2 million. Nam Yong was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison, which was reduced by one year during his sentence and has now been released from prison.
In tonight's show, Chen Xuyuan was reported by CCTV that the amount involved in the case was tens of millions of yuan, and it remains to be confirmed whether it is 80 million or 40 million. Judging from the remorse of the three giants Du Zhaocai, Chen Xuyuan, and Li Tie who appeared tonight, Chen Xuyuan is the most sincere, he cried bitterly and said: "(I can't forgive corruption) As the chairman of the Football Association, I am mainly responsible, I want to deeply apologize to the fans across the country, I am wrong, I really think I am wrong, I regret myself very much, there is no regret medicine to buy, if there is regret medicine to buy, I am willing to buy it back with my life, I will not do this kind of thing again." In the process of saying this public monologue, he choked up several times and cried emotionally.
Willing to exchange his life for regret medicine, will Chen Xuyuan be sentenced to death? Li Tie's attitude of admitting guilt should be said to be very calm, and Chen Xuyuan may have felt something in advance.
Bribery and bribery in Chinese football have become commonplace. According to reports, on the eve of Chen Xuyuan's appointment as chairman of the Chinese Football Association, two heads of local football associations knocked on the door and presented 300,000 yuan each. In recent years, Chinese football has continued to fester, and corruption has continued, as for the impact of the World Cup, it is far away, and the domestic league has been rotten again and again. Of course, the specific punishment that Chen Xuyuan should receive needs to be made by the relevant legal authorities to make a final judgment.