The former head of the Chinese delegation that attended the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Ni Huizhong, was removed from his position and expelled from the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) for “serious violations of the laws and discipline of the match”, local media reported this Saturday.
Ni had held the leadership of the National Winter Sports Administration since 2017 and was under investigation by the General Administration of Sports of the Asian country at the request of the powerful anti-corruption bodies of the State and the CCP, according to the official Xinhua agency.
According to the authorities’ announcement, the official “has two faces and is a hypocrite and political fraudster who owned and read books with serious political implications, participated in superstitious activities and resisted inspections.”
Ni, 54, “lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original intentions and missions, was disloyal and dishonest to the Party, formed factions and created a spectacle to gain political capital,” the text states.
It also assures that the ousted leader went to private clubs and accepted perks and bribes in the form of banquets, gifts, money and trips that “could affect the impartial execution of his official responsibilities,” and reports that all of his accumulated assets have been confiscated. illicitly.
The case has been transferred to the courts of Henan province (center) so that the Prosecutor’s Office can begin the indictment process. Ni’s fall from grace adds to the numerous cases of corruption in the Chinese sports sector that the authorities have uncovered in the last two years, including several that involve important leaders in the world of football.
After coming to power in 2012, the current CCP general secretary and president of the country, Xi Jinping, began an anti-corruption campaign in which numerous senior Chinese officials from all sectors have been convicted of accepting million-dollar bribes.
Although this initiative, one of Xi’s star programs, has uncovered important cases of corruption within the CCP, some critics have suggested that it could also be used to end the political careers of some of his critics.