Administrative sanctions for organizing illegal football tournaments
On the morning of November 10, the Internal Political Security Department of Quang Nam Provincial Police announced that it had just issued a decision to administratively sanction LVQ (residing in Duy Nghia commune, Duy Xuyen district) with a fine of 9 million VND for organizing a mass football tournament (amateur football tournament) without reporting in writing to the competent State management agency and propagating and sharing information about prohibited goods and services.
As a result of the investigation, Mr. Q admitted that he was the organizer of the 2nd Central S7 Football Championship - Demnaylive Cup 2024 at Thuy Loi - Hoi An football field with the participation of 8 football teams (including A65 Truong Hung FC, AE GFDI SH FC, Billiards MTV FC, Cong Trinh FC, Duy Thu - Tan A Dai Thanh FC, Quang Cao Tran Gia FC, Qualia De Hotel FC - Hieu Hoa DN, Tram Huong Vuong Nguyen FC) but did not report in writing to the competent State agency, which is a violation of regulations on organizing mass sports tournaments.
Specifically, this behavior violates Point c, Clause 2, Article 14, Decree 46/2019/ND-CP, dated May 27, 2019, regulating administrative sanctions in the field of sports.
In addition, Mr. Q also advertised the Demnaylive website (not licensed to operate in Vietnam, providing football betting services) on the Fanpage "Fueling Football" which is an act of propaganda and sharing information about prohibited goods and services, violating Point e, Clause 1, Article 101, Decree No. 15/2020/ND-CP dated February 3, 2020 of the Government regulating sanctions for administrative violations in the fields of post, telecommunications, radio frequencies, information technology and electronic transactions, effective from April 15, 2020, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 14/2022/ND-CP dated January 27, 2022 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 15/2020/ND-CP dated February 3, 2020 of the Government regulating sanctions for administrative violations in the fields of post, telecommunications, radio frequencies, information technology and electronic transactions, effective from April 15, 2020, amended and supplemented by Decree No. 14/2022/ND-CP dated January 27, 2022 of the Government amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 15/2020/ND-CP dated February 3, 2020 of the Government regulating sanctions for administrative violations. administrative violations in the fields of post, telecommunications, radio frequencies, information technology and electronic transactions.
At the police station, Q admitted his illegal behavior.
Hereby, the Internal Political Security Department recommends that all citizens when organizing mass football tournaments and carrying out propaganda and advertising on social networks must strictly comply with the provisions of the law.
