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Taiwanese baseball players named as co-defendants in bribe scandal
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TAIPEI, Oct. 28 (18:30) Kyodo
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Taiwanese prosecutors on Wednesday named eight local baseball
players accused of throwing games for bribes as co-defendants in the
latest scandal to rock Taiwanese baseball.
The eight are among nine players detained for questioning on
Tuesday by prosecutors from the Banciao District Prosecutors Office
in Taipei and include Chang Chi-chia, formerly of Japan's Seibu
Lions, and former Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher
Tsao Chin-hui.
The players are accused of colluding with the alleged head of a
local criminal gang to use bribes and threats to recruit other
players to win or throw matches by specific margins, according to
local media.
Among others, Chang, 29, and Tsao, 28, allegedly colluded with
Tsai Cheng-yi, the alleged head of the Four Seas gang, to throw games
as part of a gambling racket, local media said.
Since 2008, Chang has pitched for Taiwan's La New Bears, local
media reported. Tsao, the first Taiwanese pitcher to play in the U.S.
major leagues, has pitched for Taiwan's Brother Elephants since
earlier this year.
Since its inception in 1989, Taiwan's top baseball league, the
Chinese Professional Baseball League, has been mired in scandals over
game-throwing. |
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