A gold-medal winning bodybuilder at the Doha Asian Games bribed his way into the event after being suspended from competition for failing a drugs test, a Hong Kong court heard yesterday.
Chan Yun-to, 43, is accused of conspiring to offer US$10,000 in bribes to Paul Chua, secretary-general of the Asian Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation, to enter the Games in 2006. He later won the men’s 75kg class. Yun-to has not been charged in the case.
Prosecutor Maggie Yang told the District Court that Yun-to and two other Hong Kong athletes were suspended from competition in 2005 for two years after failing doping tests at a South Korean event.
But Oliver Davies, lawyer for Yun-to, said there was no evidence to prove that Yun-to had taken performance-enhancing drugs in the South Korean competition.
The two other athletes, who are also suspended, have been granted immunity to testify against Yun-to in the trial, the prosecutor said.
Yun-to did not enter plea and was released on bail.
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