Gov't will not allow CPBL to die: SAC

In December 2004, a total of 22 players were convicted of fraud for game fixing related to the charges, but their sentences, ranging from seven to 22 months, were suspended. The players, however, were blacklisted from the league in any capacity.

Another gambling scandal that implicated a number of foreign players erupted in 2005, dealing another blow to the league just as it seemed to be regaining its credibility with fans.

The problem was compounded in 2008 when the management of one of the CPBL's franchises, the Dmedia T-Rex, was alleged to be colluding with local gangsters to fix games.

The team was immediately expelled, and when the Chinatrust Whales pulled out a month later, the league was left with just four teams.

Meanwhile, Tsao Chin-hui, the Brothers Elephants pitcher who was among the defendants in the latest case, issued a statement earlier Tuesday, denying his involvement in the scheme.

Tsao, the first Taiwan pitcher to ever play in the Major League in the United States, apologized to his fans for what he described as “making friends with the wrong person.”

Tsao, a very popular player, was referring to Huang Chun-chung, a former La New Bears pitcher who allegedly served as a middleman between the players in question and a gambling syndicate.

Huang reportedly invited Tsao several times to parties hosted by Tsai Cheng-yi, the man allegedly behind the gambling syndicate.

In the latest development in the investigation into the case, Nakagomi Shin, the deposed Brothers Elephants manager who was arrested by airport police while trying to leave Taiwan Monday, was released by prosecutors on bail of NT$80,000.

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