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About Gong Jianping
- Gong Jianping (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Gong Jià npÃng; Mandarin pronunciation: [k?´? t?j?^n p?i?]; July 12, 1960 - July 11, 2004) was a FIFA-ranked international football referee from Beijing, China.
- As a chief referee for the Chinese Football Association, he was the only referee charged for corruption in the 2001 match fixing scandals in Chinese Football.Gong Became a referee in 1982.
- In 2001, he became a FIFA-ranked international football referee and a regular referee for China's Chinese Jia-A League and Jia B League. In 2001, after the 2001 China Jia B League Match Fixing, two clubs, Guangzhou Geely and Zhejiang Greentown, notified authorities about the corruptions in the football circles.
- The football association called referees to turn in themselves, and Gong was the only one to confess.
- He became what many sport insider call "scapegoat" for the power forces behind scenes.Gong was convicted by the Xuanwu District Court for talking a total of 370,000 yuan (44,700 US dollars) between 2000 and 2001, and was sentenced for 10 years of imprisonment.
- Gong served 18 months before dying of leukemia.
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