Today, The Intermediate People's Court of Huangshi City, Hubei Province publicly pronounced the first instance verdict on Chen Xuyuan, former deputy secretary and chairman of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association, for accepting bribes. The defendant Chen Xuyuan was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes.
According to CCTV news, Chen Xuyuan was accused of accepting bribes of more than 81.03 million yuan. The bribery took a long time and occurred frequently. He accepted bribes 217 times in 13 years. At present, all the stolen money has been recovered and returned.
During the trial, Chen Xuyuan expressed his guilt and repentance. In the final statement, he bowed at 90° for nearly 10 seconds and apologized to the fans across the country: "I have no face to face the fans across the country. Here I publicly apologize to the fans across the country and sincerely apologize to the fans across the country. I apologize and hope to be forgiven by the fans."
Previously, the Intermediate People's Court of Huangshi City, Hubei Province held a first-instance public hearing on the bribery case of Chen Xuyuan, the former chairman of the Chinese Football Association. Chen Xuyuan was accused of illegally accepting property from others, totaling RMB 81.03 million. Yu Yuan. The Intermediate People's Court of Huangshi City, Hubei Province held a first-instance public hearing on the bribery case of Yu Hongchen, the former chairman of the Chinese Athletics Association. Yu Hongchen was accused of illegally accepting property from others totaling more than 22.54 million yuan, of which 3.5 million yuan has not been actually obtained. . Chen Yongliang's bribery case, Dong Zheng's bribery case, and Liu Lei's bribery case were held in public hearings in accordance with the law at the Xian'an District People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province, the People's Court of Songzi City, Hubei Province, and the People's Court of Jiayu County, Hubei Province.