Ni Huizhong, China’s Former Winter Olympic Delegation Chief, Probed for Graft

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China said Saturday the former chief of its Winter Olympic delegation was under investigation for suspected corruption, as the government pursues a crackdown on graft in the sport sector. Ni Huizhong, who most recently headed the country’s winter sports management office, “is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law", the General Administration of Sport said, using a common byword for alleged corruption. Ni, 54, previously served as secretary-general of the Chinese delegation for last year’s Winter Olympics, which were held in Beijing in a Covid-secure bubble. He is one of a string of sports officials to come under scrutiny...