BEIJING (Reuters) - Chongqing's Dutch coach Arie Haan has been banned from the sidelines for three Chinese Super League (CSL) matches after complaining about a penalty decision by offering the fourth official a wad of cash last weekend.

"Do you want money?" local media reports quoted Haan as asking the official after league leaders Beijing Guoan were awarded a penalty in Sunday's 3-2 win for bottom club Chongqing.

Pictures in local media showed Haan gesturing towards the official with handful of 100 yuan (8.63 pound) notes.

The former China coach was also fined 15,000 yuan ($2,196) by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) for "insulting the fourth official in an immoral way," the CFA said on its website (www.fa.org.cn).

Chinese soccer has long been associated with corruption on and off the pitch, most notably the "Black Whistles" refereeing scandal of the 1990s.

The CFA, which is trying to clean up the game under new chief Nan Yong, said Haan's gesture had had a "negative social impact."

(Reporting by Liu Zhen and Nick Mulvenney; Editing by Ian Ransom)