The World Professional Billiard and Snooker Association [WPBSA] has confirmed Liang Wenbo has been suspended after his conviction for assaulting a woman.
On April 1 the world No 33 pleaded guilty to the domestic-related assault by beating on February 9 at Sheffield Magistrates' Court - and as well as the community order he was fined £1,380. The Crown Prosecution Service had described how Wenbo, 35, was seen on CCTV hitting and kicking a woman on July 20 last year.
Following the case, WPBSA chairman Jason Ferguson said: “We were extremely disappointed to learn of this today, and it is obviously a very serious charge to which Liang Wenbo has pleaded guilty. We need to now consider whether he has in addition fallen foul of our disciplinary process in the area of disrepute.”
