"Individual against 中..." Son Jun-ho's Role as Foreign Ministry and Association to Resolve Unfairness
Sep 17, 2024
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Son Joon-ho (32), a former national team midfielder whose career is at a crossroads, said this. The Chinese Football Association (CFA) officially announced the disciplinary action against Son Joon-ho through an official letter on the 10th. Son Jun-ho, a former Shandong Taishan player, manipulated soccer matches and made illegal profits by participating in unjustified transactions to promote unjustified profits. Ban Son Jun-ho's football-related activities for life" is included. If the CFA handed over a list of 61 players involved in match-fixing and illegal transactions to FIFA, and FIFA cites the CFA's permanent removal as it is, Son Joon-ho cannot do anything related to soccer in any league in the world.
The day after the shocking announcement, the press conference, in which Son Joon-ho was curious to reveal his unfairness, became a poison. The greater suspicion was that he was released after admitting to receiving money from the Chinese judiciary and receiving 200,000 yuan (about 37 million won) from his teammate Jin Jing-dao (Kim Kyung-do), rather than making false statements under pressure from the Chinese public authorities who cajoled him by showing photos of his son and daughter and family at a press conference for nearly two hours. As public pressure grew after the press conference, Suwon FC decided to terminate Son Joon-ho's contract on the 13th after much consideration. At the time of the June contract 'If there is a problem with the athlete's activities due to the day before the enlistment, the contract may be terminatedThere was a clause in the contract that '.
The Chuseok holiday drew to the edge of the cliff, but Son Joon-ho made it clear that he would express his unfairness. Suspicions grew after the press conference, but he insists he has never been involved in match fixing consistently. In fact, he argues that if he had been involved in the match fixing, he would not have come to Korea, joined Suwon FC by his teacher Choi Soon-ho, or dreamed of re-election for the national team. Son Joon-ho is preparing legal action through a lawyer. If FIFA accepts China's claim as it is, it intends to fight to the end and restore its reputation somehow. But the situation is not easy. In connection with the unprecedented incident in China, Son Joon-ho does not even have a verdict. Not many people know the truth, all the evidence is in China, there is no way to secure favorable evidence, and there is no way to get back into China.
Son Joon-ho said in a press conference, "'What are the children guilty of?' showing my daughter and son on the phone. He forced me to admit it quickly" and shed tears. Asked by an AFP reporter, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Ning said, `Chinese law enforcement agencies publicly declared Son Jun-ho on bribery charges in March, who pleaded guilty, regretted his wrongdoings in court and said he would not appeal. China is a rule of law. Law enforcement agencies strictly deal with cases in accordance with the law and sufficiently protect the legal rights and interests of the parties." Son Joon-ho said, `I met the consul once or twice a month in the detention center, but I had a health check and talked about whether my life in the detention center was okay. An official from the Korea Football Association came to China, but there was nothing I could do because I couldn't meet him at all"He confessed the situation.
In the current situation, the closest thing to Son's truth is also the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The only person who contacted Son Joon-ho in China was the Chinese consul. When Son Jun-ho was released and detained 10 months after being taken away by Chinese police on charges of accepting non-state workers in March, an official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "The government has communicated with the Chinese authorities through various channels and requested their cooperation to ensure prompt and fair proceedings are carried out.""He communicated closely with his domestic family, conducted consular interviews about 20 times, and actively provided necessary assistance, such as smooth interview support with lawyers." Please understand that the relevant details are related to an individual's personal information and cannot be confirmed."
An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, `We have been watching the Son Jun-ho issue for a long time, and we are still keeping a close eye on it" he said. As Son Jun-ho said, it is not easy for an individual to fight and win against a country. China, which detained a South Korean national soccer player for 10 months and handed him over to FIFA on a permanent list of match-fixing, is unlikely to recognize issues that could turn into serious diplomatic issues such as 'human rights abuses' as Son Jun-ho claims. Son Joon-ho told a news conference that the judge and a high-ranking Chinese official `can never go out without charges.' If you don't admit anything, you're in trouble diplomatically. I must admit even a small sin,' he claimed. The judge and high-ranking officials should never disclose this when they admit they received 200,000 yuan and are released. In the end, Son Joon-ho remained silent because he said, "If he makes a disclosure, he will not let him play soccer due to a big problem."
The Korean national team player, who is the head of the family, and has devoted his youth to soccer, is complaining of the hardships and injustice suffered during the investigation of other countries. There are too few objective evidence other than Son Joon-ho's allegations, the announcement of the Chinese Football Association, and his press conference. It is a de facto death sentence for a soccer player not to do everything related to soccer. In order to give that level of strong disciplinary action, clear and abundant evidence must be secured and a sufficient clarification process is essential. Recently, some players who received permanent expulsion from the Supreme Court in 2011 related to the K-League match-fixing case won a series of lawsuits against the Korea Football Association. Looking at the precedents in which the permanent expulsion measure was canceled, it was questioned whether sufficient clarification procedures and retrial procedures were given during the disciplinary process at the time of the incident. Thirteen years after the incident that everyone witnessed at the K League site, the incident in other countries requires more detailed information and evidence.
Communication between the Korean and Chinese governments is also urgently needed to protect their citizens. Jin Jing-dao's investigation process, which handed over money to Son Joon-ho, and Shanghai Sanggang, which was pointed out as a match-fixing match, need to check what Son Joon-ho's allegations are and whether he violated human rights during the investigation process, and to obtain and disclose the ruling and the involvement in the case accurately to resolve the player's own injustice and fans' suspicions.
Reporter Jeon Young-ji sky4us@sportschosun.com
sky4us@sportschosun.com
