The news instantly triggered a furor on the Internet, but careful netizens quickly realized the illogicality of it. Li Tie's actual age is not 45 years old, but was born on May 18, 1977, according to this projection, he should now be 46 years old. Immediately after, they looked up the Beijing Evening News, but did not find the relevant reports. More shocking is that the well-known media "military sub position" in the next day publicly released a solemn statement!
The statement noted that the "Second Place of Military and Martial Arts" organization was not the source of the rumor. They said that the recent rumor circulating on social media about "Li Tie's death from a heart attack" misused their Chinese pinyin name and avatar. After investigation, it was found that the news first originated from a foreign Reddit website, but "the second of military and martial arts" did not register an account on the site, nor has it published relevant content. Therefore, the news is purely a rumor and its source is unknown. They appealed to the public not to continue to disseminate such unconfirmed information.
Currently, Li Tie is facing the final court trial. Numerous netizens have speculated what severe punishment Li Tie will eventually receive. Looking back at the first verdict of this anti-corruption drive in Chinese soccer, Liu Aijie, as the former director of the Olympic Games Preparation Office of the State General Administration of Sports, was indicted on suspicion of bribery. He had been bribed by former CCTV host Duan Xuan in various currencies, including RMB, USD and EUR, totaling more than 9.5 million yuan. Liu Aijie was fined 20,000 yuan as a result, while he was also found to have accepted bribes of about 14 million yuan, totaling as much as 23.8158 million yuan, from other individuals and organizations.
According to several soccer media sources, Li Tie's bribe amount may also be in the "10 million" level. Taking Liu Aijie's case as a reference, if the bribe amount reaches 23.8158 million yuan, he will face 11 years of imprisonment. Given that Li Tie was named by CCTV as a typical corrupt figure, his sentence could be between 15 and 20 years.
