Lu Jun

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Lu Jun
Simplified Chinese陆俊
Traditional Chinese陸俊

Lu Jun (Chinese: 陆俊; pinyin: Lù Jùn; Mandarin pronunciation: [lû tɕŷn]; born March 19, 1959) is a soccer referee from China. He supervised two matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, one between Croatia and Mexico in Niigata, and another between Poland and the United States in Daejeon. He also officiated the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan and South Korea and the 2000 Olympics.[1]

In 2010, Lu was arrested along with two other referees for accepting bribes and match fixing. He was sentenced to five and a half years in jail in February 2012 after admitting taking bribes worth more than $128,000 (£82,000) fix the results of seven league games. [2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Profile
  2. ^ "Top China football referee Lu Jun jailed over bribes". BBC News. 16 February 2012.
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