On Tuesday, the former head of China's soccer association claimed he was tortured into confessing to taking bribes, as he and other officials faced trial in a crackdown on graft in Chinese football, China Youth Daily reported.

Xie Yalong, the former Ex-chief of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), went on trial in Dandong for allegedly receiving bribes, becoming the highest-ranking former soccer official to face justice. His successor as China's soccer boss, Nan Yong, was to go on trial a day later at a court in the city of Tieling, Liaoning Province, also on the charge of accepting bribes.

However, Xie told the court he was tortured by means of electric shocks, was beaten, and doused with water while being interrogated during investigations.

Xie, 56, was charged with 12 counts of accepting bribes, which came at a total of 1.72 million yuan, Xinhua said.

(China.org.cn April 26, 2012)

據(jù)《中國(guó)青年報(bào)》報(bào)道，周二，中國(guó)足壇掃黑謝亞龍等人案件庭審，謝亞龍?jiān)谕ド戏Q(chēng)自己之所以在審訊階段承認(rèn)受賄是因?yàn)槭艿叫逃嵄乒?/p>

中國(guó)足協(xié)前副主席謝亞龍因非法收受賄賂在遼寧省丹東中級(jí)人民法院接受庭審，成為足球腐敗案審判席上的最高官員。同樣作為中國(guó)足協(xié)前掌門(mén)人，南勇將于第二天在鐵嶺法庭接受公開(kāi)審理，他同樣被控以國(guó)家工作人員受賄罪。

然而，謝亞龍?jiān)诜ㄍド媳硎荆约涸馐芰藢?zhuān)案組的刑訊逼供，如電擊、毆打和從頭上澆涼水等。

據(jù)新華社報(bào)道，56歲的謝亞龍被公訴機(jī)關(guān)指控12項(xiàng)罪名，利用職務(wù)便利非法收受他人財(cái)物合計(jì)人民幣172萬(wàn)元。