Kong Linghui fined for drunk-driving
(CRIENGLISH.com)
Updated: 2006-07-24 15:39 Chinese table tennis player Kong Linghui was
convicted of drunk driving and fined for an accident last Friday.
China's tennis player
Kong Linghui. [cnsphoto] |
Thirty-one-year old Kong was fined 1,800 yuan (about US$225) and had his
driver license suspended for half a year.
According to officials from China's table tennis and badminton administrative
center, the former world champion will also face the punishment from the sports
governing body.
Kong, driving a Porsche, crashed with a taxi at a crossing near the south
gate of the Workers Gymnasium in Beijing early Friday morning. No one was
injured in the accident.
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