Wang Junxia granted residency under the quality migrant scheme, despite links to notorious drugs cheating programme
Hongkongers are questioning how former Olympic gold medallist Wang Junxia qualified for residency under the Quality Migrant Admission Scheme, 29 years after the end of her controversial athletics career.
Wang and her 15-year-old daughter, Wang Danting, had their residency confirmed on Wednesday, sparking debate online as to how the former Chinese athlete, who still holds the 3,000 metre world record, could contribute to her new home.
A large number of comments focused on the 52-year-old’s history as part of a group of athletes known as the “Ma Family Army”. Coached by the notorious Ma Junren, they dominated athletics in the early 1990s, only to later admit they had been forced to take “large doses of illegal drugs over the years”.
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