Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com On 24th April, a court session dealing with the second instance of "crack down on match-fixing, anti-football betting and purging mafia" campaign involving China's football was held. Xie Yalong, former senior official of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) was brought to trial on suspicion of taking bribes. Xie recanted his words during the trial, saying that he had been subjected to being hung and beaten, shocked via electric batons, slapped in the face and other tortures. Xie said that he had to plead guilty in order to survive, and to bargain a release for his detained wife. On 24th April, Xie Yalong stood trial in the court of Dandong, Liaoning. Xie was charged with12 crimes, each involving amounts of up to 1.72 million RMB. Xie Yalong was former CFA vice chairman, director and deputy Party secretary of Management Center of Football. Xie was arrested in September 2010 on suspicion of match-mixing ! and taking bribes. In the trial recess period, Xie's lawyer Jin Xiaoguang and Chen Gang said outside the court to the public that Xie said during interrogation, he had suffered from tortures like being hung and beaten; stripped naked to sit on a tiger bench; poured with freezing water; slapped in the face until bleeding; arrhythmia caused by electric baton shock and sleep deprivation for five consecutive days. Xie's lawyers said that the investigators had detained Xie's wife who suffers from uremia to ...
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