From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, after the anti-corruption "hurricane" that affected the management of the China Football Association to a great extent, Sun Junhao, a player of the Korean national team, was investigated, which proved his anti-corruption stance, Sean said. Report. Football fraud in China is in an unprecedented situation.
On May 16th, at the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yonhap News Agency, East Asia Daily, KBS, SBS TV and other mainstream Korean media reported that Song Junhao, a Korean foreign aid worker, had been detained by the China police in Taishan City, Shandong Province. On the same day, when answering questions from foreign journalists, it was reported that Sun Junhao had been detained by the Public Security Bureau of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province since May 12th, and the Consulate General of South Korea had applied for consular visit on the 17th. China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin confirmed that a Korean citizen was criminally detained by the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Bureau on suspicion of accepting bribes. The Korean Embassy in China also confirmed that Sun Junhao was under investigation by the China police, but it was the first time in the history of China football that foreign aid involved in corruption and counterfeiting.
China national team coach Li Tie and some senior officials of the China Football Association have been investigated one after another, and the coaches and players of the China national team have also been investigated recently. Deep. The investigation of South Korean international Song Junhao is a symbolic event, which proves that the intensity and scope of this football liquidation operation are unprecedented. However, recent reports from Korean media and mainstream European sports media say that this attention is a proof of the strength of this anti-counterfeiting activity, and its shocking power is self-evident.
South Korean media did not pay much attention to the anti-corruption and anti-counterfeiting actions of China football management, but it was reported that South Korean national team player Song Junhao was being investigated by China police, which caused concern. Pay attention to Song Junhao and his fight against corruption and counterfeiting in China football. The South Korean Embassy in China and the Consulate General of Shenyang in China paid close attention to the arrest of Sun Junhao at the boarding gate of Shanghai Pudong Airport on the 12th, and met with members of the South Korean national team at Hao’s location. Criminal detention. Sun Zhuohao said that he was in good condition, but did not elaborate on the case under investigation as required by China law.
The Korean Football Association had previously written to the China Football Association, the Asian Football Association and FIFA, asking for cooperation in investigating Sun Junhao, but no response was received. In addition, the Korean Football Association also informed the South Korean team coach Klinsmann, who lives in the United States, about Song Junhao’s situation. The Korean Football Association announced that it would send two experts to Sun Xingyu’s detention place to provide him with necessary assistance according to the laws of China.
Sun Junhao’s Korean agent denied these allegations, saying that Sun Junhao was healthy and cheerful. The China agent who controlled Sun Junhao’s entry into Taishan Mountain was also brought in for investigation. As the investigation time dragged on, South Korea hired a local China lawyer to follow the progress of Sun Junhao’s case, which was a plan.
Fans in China are no strangers to the crime of accepting bribes from non-state officials. Because Qi Hong, Shen Xi and other players were convicted of such crimes in the previous lawsuit against gambling and cracking down on gangsters. Sun Zhuohao’s involvement in this case objectively proves that he is likely to participate in match-fixing and match-fixing like Qin Si and Qi Hong. Sun Zhuohao was taken to emergency headquarters, Liaoning Province, and before that, Hao Wei, Gu Chao, Jin Jingdao and other coaches and players were also investigated one after another, and it was this task force that shot. The task force has not officially announced the specific suspects involved. As the details of Sun Zhuohao’s situation gradually became clear, the focus of the Liaoning task force was on counterfeiting.
Korean media was shocked by Sun Junhao’s criminal detention investigation, but it was actually unnecessary. Football corruption and match-fixing are not uncommon in South Korea. In 2011, more than 50 people, including coaches, agents and club management, were killed in the K-League match-fixing scandal, which led to the suicide of two players and one player. Coaches and athletes are involved. People are on trial.
In 2017, South Korean football giant Jeonbuk Hyundai was deducted 9 points in the league for bribing the referee and was deprived of the AFC Champions League seat. At the end of March this year, the Korean Football Association pardoned 100 people who were disciplined by football, which caused strong dissatisfaction in Korean society, and 48 of them were punished for manipulating the game. In the end, the Korean Football Association took responsibility and resigned at once. It was not until May that the Korean Football Association was completely reorganized.
Sun Zhuohao’s criminal detention for investigation is the latest development of anti-corruption and anti-counterfeiting in football in China. It is only because of his status as a player of the Korean national team that he has received more extensive attention. Sun Zhuohao is just a small player in the background of anti-corruption and counterfeiting in China football. This not only proves that corruption and match-fixing in China football are infiltrating into foreign aid groups, but also proves that the scope of this attack is beyond the past and the intensity can be imagined.
The six-month-long "hurricane" against corruption and counterfeiting in football is still raging in China football. The constant censorship of football leaders, coaches, players and agents in China means that anti-corruption and anti-counterfeiting measures are still on the rise. For China football, which is currently at a low ebb, this is the only way to rebuild. China’s football will have a future only after it has thoroughly cracked down on crime and completely restored the industry atmosphere.
