The legislature’s Education and Culture Committee yesterday passed a motion asking the Sports Administration to propose more proactive policies to prevent match-fixing in professional sports.
The motion was proposed by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chen Pei-yu (陳培瑜) after Super Basketball League player Wu Chi-ying (吳季穎) was questioned at the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office on Wednesday for suspected involvement in illegal gambling and fraud while playing for the Yulon Luxgen Dinos last season.
Wu was released on NT$250,000 (US$7,734) bail later that day and restricted from changing his residence.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
The disciplinary committee of national basketball governing body the CTBA on the same day ordered that Wu’s player profile at the association be expunged and that he would never again be recruited by a professional basketball team.
Although the matter has yet to be settled on the legal front, the CTBA has made a decision, Chen said.
“However, the issue will not be resolved simply by firing a troublemaker. The Sports Administration must adopt more proactive policies to address the issue and must have remedial measures in place to allow players to prove their innocence, particularly for those who are wrongfully accused,” she said.
Chen’s motion, which was seconded by Taiwan People’s Party Legislator Jang Chyi-lu (張其祿) and DPP legislators Chuang Jui-hsiung (莊瑞雄) and Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤), states that the alleged match-fixing scandal showed that the nation has yet to recover from the lingering effect of similar scandals that plagued professional baseball.
“The administration’s measures to deter game-fixing in professional sports have shown no improvement since a platform was established to prevent illegal gambling on baseball games in 2009. We ask the Sports Administration to deliver in two months a more proactive policy that would prevent illegal gambling from infiltrating professional and non-professional games,” the lawmakers said.
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