China sports ministry hauled over the coals for not taking anti-corruption fight seriously

Graft-busting body summons officials for dressing-down

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Published: 12:23pm, 4 May 2016Updated: 12:23pm, 4 May 2016

China’s top graft-busting body rapped the sports ministry again on Wednesday for not taking the country’s sweeping campaign against corruption seriously enough, summoning in 17 ministry discipline officials to discuss the problem.

Corruption in international sport is in focus due to US and Swiss probes into soccer’s world governing body Fifa, as well as doping scandals that have rocked tennis and athletics.

China, which is aggressively seeking to stamp out graft in Communist Party and government ranks, has also sought to eject corrupt elements from its sports establishment, particularly within soccer, which has been hit by match-fixing scandals.

The country was hit by two new sports graft scandals last year, with probes into deputy sports minister Xiao Tian, who sat on China’s Olympics committee, and another into the then-volleyball chief.

Xiao Tian, deputy director of General Administration of Sports of China was investigated for suspected

The ruling Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said its inspectors attached to the sports ministry had sent teams to departments dealing with swimming and gymnastics, among others.

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China sports ministry hauled over the coals for not taking anti-corruption fight seriously

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Graft-busting body summons officials for dressing-down