Ex-soccer chief stands trial
<p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="former">former</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="soccer">soccer</span> <span word="chief">chief</span> <span word="stood">stood</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="on">on</span> 17 <span word="counts">counts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="bribes">bribes</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="term">term</span>.</p><p><span word="Nan">Nan</span> <span word="Yong">Yong</span>, <span word="former">former</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Football">Football</span> <span word="Administrative">Administrative</span> <span word="Center">Center</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tieling">Tieling</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Northeast">Northeast</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Liaoning">Liaoning</span> <span word="province">province</span>, <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="accepting">accepting</span> 1.48 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> ($235,000) <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bribes">bribes</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="trial">trial</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="proceedings">proceedings</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="Nan">Nan</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="predecessor">predecessor</span>, <span word="Xie">Xie</span> <span word="Yalong">Yalong</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="charges">charges</span>.</p><p><span word="Xie">Xie</span>, 56, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="charged">charged</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="accepting">accepting</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1.7 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="yuan">yuan</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bribes">bribes</span> <span word="from">from</span> 1998 <span word="to">to</span> 2008. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="hearing">hearing</span>, <span word="Xie">Xie</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="charges">charges</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="claimed">claimed</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="tortured">tortured</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="confessing">confessing</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="detention">detention</span> <span word="house">house</span>.</p><p><span word="Nan">Nan</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Xie">Xie</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span>-<span word="ranking">ranking</span> <span word="officials">officials</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="prosecuted">prosecuted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="crackdown">crackdown</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="corruption">corruption</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="soccer">soccer</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="dozens">dozens</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="officials">officials</span>, <span word="referees">referees</span>, <span word="club">club</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="players">players</span>.</p><p><span word="Nan">Nan</span>, 50, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="became">became</span> <span word="deputy">deputy</span> <span word="chairman">chairman</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="Football">Football</span> <span word="Association">Association</span> 15 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="played">played</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="key">key</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="China">China</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="sole">sole</span> <span word="appearance">appearance</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Cup">Cup</span> <span word="finals">finals</span>, <span word="hiring">hiring</span> <span word="Serbian">Serbian</span> <span word="coach">coach</span> <span word="Bora">Bora</span> <span word="Milutinovic">Milutinovic</span> <span word="despite">despite</span> <span word="opposition">opposition</span>.</p><p><span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="arrested">arrested</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="March">March</span> 2010 <span word="with">with</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="associates">associates</span>, <span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="Yimin">Yimin</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="Jianqiang">Jianqiang</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="convicted">convicted</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bribery">bribery</span> <span word="trials">trials</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="February">February</span>. <span word="Yang">Yang</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sentenced">sentenced</span> <span word="to">to</span> 10-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="a">a</span>-<span word="half">half</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="prison">prison</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Zhang">Zhang</span> <span word="to">to</span> 12 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Before">Before</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="arrest">arrest</span>, <span word="Nan">Nan</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="reporters">reporters</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="hope">hope</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="soccer">soccer</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="game">game</span>-<span word="fixing">fixing</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="corruption">corruption</span>.</p>
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