According to the TV channel, Tan Hai, the former director of the Department for the control of referees of the Chinese Football Association, was accused of bribery. The funds illegally received by him were recovered and transferred to the state treasury.
Tan Hai was also fined 200 thousand yuan ($27 thousand), according to the verdict handed down by the People's Court of Shishou, Hubei Province, Central Television reports. Earlier, Huang Song, the former director of the competition department of the Chinese Football Association, was found guilty of accepting bribes, the CTC recalls.
In addition, in September, the association imposed a lifetime ban on football-related activities for 38 players who participated in match-fixing and betting on sports. In March, a court in China sentenced its former chairman, Chen Xuyuan, to life in prison for bribery.
