Chinese Super League chairman taken away for investigation, state media reports, as football crackdown continues
- The news comes weeks after former national team coach Li Tie was charged with corruption offences
- It also follows the former chief of China’s Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics delegation being placed under investigation for suspected corruption
Liu Jun, the chairman of football’s Chinese Super League, has been taken away by the authorities for investigation, state-backed Beijing Youth Daily reported on Tuesday.
The report did not give further details on the investigation and the Chinese Football Association has yet to comment.
Li, a former English Premier League player with Everton, is one of several top football association officials to fall under graft probes since November as the ruling Communist Party wages a sport-wide anti-corruption drive.
China also said on Saturday that the former chief of its Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics delegation was under investigation for suspected corruption. Ni Huizhong “is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law”, the General Administration of Sport said.
The news about Liu comes in another troubled week for Chinese football.
