At 10am on September 10, the State General Administration of Sports and the Ministry of Public Security jointly held a press conference in Dalian on a special campaign to crack down on “Fake gambling and illegal gambling” in professional football league matches, officials from the State General Administration of Sports Sports Department, the Public Security Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and the Chinese Football Association attended the briefing and answered reporters’ questions.
The head of the Public Security Administration of the Ministry of Public Security introduced the serious investigation and punishment of illegal Public Security Bureau in the football field, including gambling and match-fixing. Since 2022, the Ministry of Public Security has tasked local Public Security Bureau, including those in Liaoning province, with cracking down on soccer gambling and match-fixing, and has been planning to crack down on online gambling, match-fixing and bribery, 128 criminal suspects were arrested, 12 online gambling gangs were knocked down, and 120 matches of football betting and match-fixing were investigated, criminal coercive measures were taken against 83 players, referees, coaches and club managers involved in the case. At present, 44 soccer players involved in the case have been sentenced by the court, 34 people have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment in accordance with the law. The head of the Public Security Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said the Public Security Bureau had fully implemented the decisions and plans of the party Central Committee and the State Council, strengthened coordination with sports administrative departments and established working mechanisms, deepen the professional football league“Fake gambling black” problem of special rectification. At present, the first batch of 61 football practitioners involved in the case has been reported to the State General Administration of Sports and the Chinese Football Association.
The head of the Chinese Football Association introduced the disciplinary punishment of 61 football practitioners involved in the case. In accordance with the disciplinary guidelines of the Chinese Football Association, and approved by the Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association,
give Jin Jingdao and 43 others a lifetime ban from any football-related activity in our country;
17 persons, including Bahejiang Wuerman, shall be given a penalty of five years for prohibiting any football-related activity in our country;
Shen liuxi, a former Hangzhou Green City player, was sentenced to a lifetime ban on any football-related activities in 2013, and remains unrepentant. In this case, he was criminally punished for opening a casino, the Chinese football association has again told the industry to strictly enforce the ban.
The head of the China Football Association said that as long as any football professional or club is involved in illegal crimes such as”Fake gambling”, it will be dealt with seriously and will not be tolerated, and will be announced to the public in a timely manner, accept social supervision.
In response to questions from reporters, the head of the State General Administration of Sports sports department said that the “Fake gambling and illegal gambling” problem seriously violated the sports spirit, seriously damaged the order of the football industry and seriously failed to live up to the expectations of the party and the people, is erodes the football cause healthy body“The cancer”, is hinders the football revitalization development“The Roadblock Tiger”. The State General Administration of Sports will work with the Ministry of Public Security to seriously crack down on the problem of “Fake gambling” in professional football leagues and resolutely stop the spread of “Fake gambling”. The next step will be to deepen the cooperation mechanism with the Public Security Bureau to improve the joint efforts to tackle the problem of “Fake gambling” in football. At the same time, to further strengthen the party building work in football industry, strengthen ideological and political education, improve the industry supervision mechanism, promote the construction of football culture, and create a healthy environment for the healthy development of football.