The Chinese don't play around when it comes to sentencing wrongdoers 🥵
What's what make China great, they're harsh and objective with the punishment they gave. Harsh punishment is better than unfair punishment.
Their brutal judgement may also be the reason Son accepted he did it, because in an interview his response showed some signs of innocence. And he also mentioned being forced to accept the allegation, or his wife will go into detention. Who do we believe?
"I never took part in match-fixing," Son told a news conference. "The only evidence they have is my false confession made under coercion," he added, breaking down in tears.
"I was threatened that if I didn't accept the charges, my wife would be arrested and investigated, too."
sourceIn this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyheP28eeuM he testified that the judge promised him freedom, in 3 days, if he agrees to the allegation of receiving $28,120, and he'll also continue his career. We can look into the story from both sides. Is it admissible for a player to risk his career because of 28k dollars? Also, for the profits involved, wouldn't he get a bigger offer above what he allegedly got? Overall, why would he cry for nothing? Something may have been concealed behind the scene.