TAIWAN: BASEBALL - Japanese baseball manager receives twenty month sentence for involvement in fraud and match fixing
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465451
TAIWAN: BASEBALL - Japanese baseball manager receives twenty month sentence for involvement in fraud and match fixing
- Title: TAIWAN: BASEBALL - Japanese baseball manager receives twenty month sentence for involvement in fraud and match fixing
- Date: 18th August 2010
- Summary: TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AUGUST 17, 2010) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT FRONT ENTRANCE OF BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT ADDRESS PLATE OF BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) TAIWAN BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT CHIEF SAYING: "Taiwan Banciao District Court rules, Mister Shin Nakagomi is found guilty of gambling and fraud, and shall receive a sentence of one year and eight months or TWD 1000 for each day, with four probational years. But during the probationary period, he must pay TWD 1.8 million to the national treasury. If this fails, then the prosecutor may pledge to the court to cancel the probation." TAIWAN BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT CHIEF AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) TAIWAN BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT CHIEF SAYING: "Right now, regarding Mister Shin Nakagomi's application to lift the restriction on leaving the country. The court has to consider, that the case has not been concluded yet, so the restriction still applies." TAIWAN BANCIAO DISTRICT COURT CHIEF LEAVING THE PRESS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 2nd September 2010 13:00
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- Topics: Sports
- Reuters ID: LVA540F1203NRAABZ2WJMOILD4FP
- Story Text: Former baseball manager Shin Nakagomi was sentenced to twenty month in prison and a fine of TWD 1.8 million (43.965 US Dollar) by a Taiwanese local court on Tuesday (August 17).
Neither the defendant nor his lawyer attended the court's ruling.
"Taiwan Banciao District Court rules, Mister Shin Nakagomi is found guilty of gambling and fraud, and shall receive a sentence of one year and eight months or TWD 1000 for each day, with four probational years. But during the probationary period, he must pay TWD 1.8 million to the national treasury. If this fails, then the prosecutor may pledge to the court to cancel the probation," the court chief told the press.
Nakagomi, who formerly managed the Taiwanese professional baseball team Brother Elephants, had pleaded guilty to five counts of game fixing one week before.
The court has denied Nakagomi's request to leave the country.
"Right now, regarding Mister Shin Nakagomi's application to lift the restriction on leaving the country. The court has to consider, that the case has not been concluded yet, so the restriction still applies," the court chief said.
The baseball fraud scandal, which took place between the years of 2008 and 2009, so far has led to prosecution of some of the most famous Taiwanese baseball players, who were suspended from the CPBL (Chinese Professional Baseball League) shortly after the incidents were discovered.
Before managing, Shin Nakagomi played professional baseball in his home country Japan for nine years, and later ending his career as a player for the Brother Elephants.
He was also the Elephants' pitching coach. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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