Chinese Taipei Football Association president Lin Cheng-yi is under investigation and set to be sacked from the post, local media ETTV reported on Thursday.
Lin is involved with a game fixing in Chinese Taipei's home defeat to Brunei 0-1 in the Russia World Cup qualifier, in which Lin had been paid 1.6 million US dollars from a gambling syndicate. In the return match, Chinese Taipei beat Brunei 2-0 and advanced to the last 40 of AFC zone qualifying by 2-1 on aggregate, which is Chinese Taipei's best result in 12 years.
Should Lin Cheng-yi have been convicted, he will be jailed for 1-7 years and fined up to 1.2 million US dollars.
Lin Cheng-yi is a former soccer player who played as a defender for Kaohsiung County Taipower club and also represented Chinese Taipei team.
