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Taiwan prosecutor indicts 24 people for baseball match-fixing
Feb 10, 2010, 8:04 GMT
Taipei - Taiwan prosecutors on Wednesday indicted 24 people for fixing baseball games.
The 24 men, including players, gangsters and a local councilor, were indicted on charges of gambling and fraud, Cheng Hsin-hung, Panciao chief prosecutor, told a news conference.
Prosecutor sought a nine-year jail term for Wu Chien-pao, a Taoyuan County councilor, and a two-year jail term each for players Chang Chih-chia, Chen Chih-yuan and Tsai Feng-an.
They also sought four to six years in jail for the gangsters who ran the game-fixing.
Prosecutor Cheng said the latest match-fixing scandal began in 2008. The Panciao district prosecutor's office began an investigation in October 2009.
The scandal has further hurt the image of Taiwan baseball, which has been hit by a string of game-fixing scandals in recent years.
The Chinese Professional Baseball League, whose four teams have all been involved in the latest match-fixing scandal, said it would seek compensation from the players who took part in match-fixing.
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