Chinese sports authorities have placed Ni Huizhong under investigation for suspected 'serious violations of discipline and law.'
Chinese sports authorities have placed Ni Huizhong under investigation for suspected "serious violations of discipline and law."Ni is one of a string of sport officials to come under scrutiny in recent months as the ruling Communist Party wages an industry-wide anti-corruption drive. / Photo: AP Archive
China has said the former chief of its Winter Olympic delegation is under investigation for suspected corruption, as the government pursues a crackdown on graft in the sport sector. Ni Huizhong, who most recently headed the country's winter sports management office,"is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law", the General Administration of Sport said on Saturday, using a common byword for alleged corruption.
Ni, 54, previously served as secretary-general of the Chinese delegation for last year's Winter Olympics, which were held in
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