Lu Jun

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Lu Jun (Chinese: 陆俊; pinyin: Lù Jùn; born March 19, 1959) is a soccer referee from China. He supervised two matches in the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan, one between Croatia and Mexico in Niigata, and another between Poland and the United States in Daejeon. He also officiated the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup in Japan and South Korea.^[1]

In 2010, Lu was arrested along with two other Chinese referees for accepting bribes and match fixing. As state workers, the men could have faced the death penalty if found guilty.^[2] He was sentenced to five and a half years in jail and fined $128,000 in February 2012 after admitting taking bribes to fix the results of seven games.^[3]

References

v t e Referees at the 2002 FIFA World Cup

AFC	Ali Bujsaim Toru Kamikawa Kim Young-Joo Lu Jun Saad Mane

CAF	Gamal Al-Ghandour Mourad Daami Mohamed Guezzaz Falla N'Doye

CONCACAF	Carlos Batres Brian Hall William Mattus Peter Prendergast Felipe Ramos

CONMEBOL	Ubaldo Aquino Byron Moreno René Ortubé Óscar Ruiz Ángel Sánchez Carlos Eugênio Simon

OFC	Mark Shield

UEFA	Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Anders Frisk Terje Hauge Antonio López Nieto Urs Meier Vítor Melo Pereira Markus Merk Ľuboš Micheľ Kim Milton Nielsen Graham Poll Kyros Vassaras Gilles Veissière Jan Wegereef

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Name	Lu, Jun
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Short description	Chinese football referee
Date of birth	March 19, 1959
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