The threat was made by Oh Jae-won… Lee Seung-yeop also bowed his head in the controversy over surrogate prescriptions.

Doosan Bears coach Lee Seung-yeop apologized as a “senior in the baseball world” for former national baseball player Oh Jae-won’s request for the “illegal act” of threatening junior players of the Doosan Bears, the professional baseball team of which he was the captain, to get prescriptions for sleep-inducing drugs on his behalf. did.

Coach Lee faced reporters at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on the 23rd and said, “It is really unfortunate that something like this happened in the baseball world. It is the fault of seniors in the baseball world, including me. I have no shame in looking at my juniors.”

The previous day, the Doosan Bears announced, “Through the club’s own investigation, we confirmed that eight of our players had received prescriptions for sleeping pills from Oh Jae-won in the past,” and added, “We immediately reported this fact to the KBO Clean Baseball Center.”

On the 17th, Oh Jae-won was arrested and indicted on charges of violating the Act on the Management of Narcotic Drugs (relaxation), violating the Act on the Aggravated Punishment of Specific Crimes (threats of retaliation, etc.), violating the Resident Registration Act, and damaging special property.

Jaewon Oh is accused of administering Philopon a total of 11 times from November 2022 to November of last year, and storing approximately 0.4g of Philopon in a fire hydrant in the hallway of an acquaintance’s apartment in April last year. In addition, from January of last year to March of this year, he received 2,242 tablets of the psychotropic drug ‘Stilnox’ (a sleep inducing agent containing zolpidem) from 9 acquaintances on a total of 89 occasions, and stole 20 tablets of Stilnox using the name of an acquaintance. There are also suspicions of bribery.

After the controversy over Oh Jae-won arose, the club reportedly conducted its own investigation at the end of March and found out the relevant facts. The team said that the players who were prescribed prescriptions on behalf of Oh Jae-won under pressure were also faithfully participating in the police investigation. In addition, if the players are converted into suspects and investigated, they will be expunged from the entry list and will not be able to play in the game.

It is known that most of the players Jaewon Oh threatened were second-team players who had hoped to join the first team. It was found that there were no first-team starters. In May of last year, he said of Park Chan-ho, a senior senior, “There are more than one player who came out once in a while to make a fool of me while giving commentary,” and unlike the way he took care of his juniors, he said, “(If you don’t get sleeping pills), I’ll stab you with a knife,” and “I’ll cut your arm.” The contents of a mobile messenger containing threatening remarks have been revealed, causing shock.

The junior player who was threatened by Oh Jae-won said in an interview with Channel A, “He was a senior with a high standing on the team, and the coaches didn’t treat him carelessly,” and “I was worried that my career as a player would be affected if I looked at him for no reason.” He also confessed that there was physical violence, saying, “When I refused, they called me aside and hit me on the shins two or three times.” He also said, “He tapped me on the cheek and said, ‘Do your best.'”

The content of Oh Jae-won’s conversation with his junior Park Geon-woo, which he directly revealed on his Instagram, is also being reexamined. Park Geon-woo joined the Doosan Bears in 2009, and shared the Korean Series championship moments with Oh Jae-won in 2015, 2016, and 2019. He has been playing for the NC Dinos since 2022.

Prior to this conversation, Oh Jae-won came to Park Geon-woo’s Instagram and left a comment asking, “Are you a gwanjong?” To which Park Geon-woo responded, “Bro, why are you coming to my Instagram (Gram)? I think you are the number one gwanjong.” Sent a message. Oh Jae-won got angry and said, “You’re crazy. You called your senior a gwanjong. Your brain is rotten.” Park Geon-woo responded, “I think I can say that to my brother. I’m turning 30 next year.”

However, as Oh Jae-won’s sarcasm continued, Park Geon-woo said, “I don’t understand why you’re doing that,” and Oh Jae-won replied, “Yes, don’t understand. It’s a waste of time.” In response, Park Geon-woo said, “Hey, captain,” and asked, “I’m sorry. Please don’t touch (Kim) Jae-hwan and (Oh) Jae-il.” Nevertheless, Oh Jae-won directly captured and published this conversation on his Instagram and posted, “I’m crazy, really. Tomorrow, Kim Jae-hwan, Yang Eui-ji, and Oh Jae-il will die. Why don’t you educate your children?”

Kim So-yeon, Hankyung.com reporter [email protected]