The IOC (Internation Olympics Committee) left it to the badminton body to sort this issue out. It looks like the BWF (Badminton World Federation) have charged the four pairs with "not trying their best to win a match". What exactly this means, we're not yet sure. They may still be permitted to continue in the competition, or they may be banned.
A short BBC article here too.
*** Update ***
There has been a flurry of tweets regarding the Badminton Farce I mentioned earlier.
The BBC instead chose to cover the mens singles match in which both participants were trying their very best to win. The crowd from the other womens doubles games could be heard booing and chanting "Off, Off, Off...!".
Still no official word on what has been decided, there were rumours that black cards had been shown, which I believe means disqualification and a lifetime ban.
More mutterings on @thrillson plus some insight from other badminton players copied in below...
Joke of a referee to let that match end! GET THEM OUT don't stand there &watch our sport look like a joke for everyone who has paid to watch
Simple solution - NEVER have groups for badminton again. It's always knock-out so keep it that way! Then every match demands effort.
Hard to see the sport I love like this!What a disgrace!I'm not going to blame BWF for the group format - players should always try to win!!!
Unfortunately a "black cloud" descending on badminton tonight with match fixing happening. Group stages ALWAYS make this happen.#badidea
IF YOU WANT TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE BEST TO BE THE BEST!! So annoyed at this bad sportsmanship!#badminton #olympics
Heard about the fixed match in the WD at the Olympics!an absolute disgrace!!!!id ban them for life!!!! Chinese cheating,but nothing new!!!
UPDATE: Now some reaction from BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677
...they're reporting "constant errors" in the first game.
China's Wang and Yu and Korea's Jung and Kim both appeared to be trying to lose their match!
Korea's other pairing Ha and Kim, plus Indonesia's Polii and Jauhari were also not at their best!
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