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Korean league chief apologizes for fixing scandal
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March 13, 2013, Wednesday
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SOUTH Korean basketball chief Han Sun-kyo apologized yesterday for the latest match-fixing scandal to hit professional sport in the country following the arrest of a top coach for allegedly rigging matches.
Dongbu Promy head coach Kang Dong-hee was arrested on Monday amid claims he helped fix matches during the 2010-2011 Korean Basketball League season.
KBL Commissioner Han described the scandal as the "biggest crisis" for the sport in South Korea and said: "If Kang is found guilty, we're prepared to ban him for life."
Kang has denied the allegations.
Dongbu Promy could not be reached for comment yesterday.
"We recognize this situation as the biggest crisis for professional basketball since the league was launched in 1997," Han told reporters yesterday. "We're fully cooperating with prosecutors in their investigation and we will give our utmost best to transform ourselves."
South Korean sport has been hit hard by match-fixing in recent years with incidents in soccer, volleyball and baseball forcing the government to take a hard-line stance on the issue.
Seoul threatened to shut down the country's top-flight K-League after 41 players were banned in January following investigations that revealed widespread corruption.
Dongbu Promy head coach Kang Dong-hee was arrested on Monday amid claims he helped fix matches during the 2010-2011 Korean Basketball League season.
KBL Commissioner Han described the scandal as the "biggest crisis" for the sport in South Korea and said: "If Kang is found guilty, we're prepared to ban him for life."
Kang has denied the allegations.
Dongbu Promy could not be reached for comment yesterday.
"We recognize this situation as the biggest crisis for professional basketball since the league was launched in 1997," Han told reporters yesterday. "We're fully cooperating with prosecutors in their investigation and we will give our utmost best to transform ourselves."
South Korean sport has been hit hard by match-fixing in recent years with incidents in soccer, volleyball and baseball forcing the government to take a hard-line stance on the issue.
Seoul threatened to shut down the country's top-flight K-League after 41 players were banned in January following investigations that revealed widespread corruption.
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