The aftermath of the case of Oh Jae-won, a former professional baseball player who was arrested and sent to trial on charges of drug use and threats, spread to the KBO.
It was revealed that eight Doosan players were prescribed sleeping pills on their behalf and gave them to Oh Jae-won, and the club and KBO are deepening their concerns over their disposition.
This is reporter Yang Si-chang.
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Doosan players gathered on one side of the stadium ahead of the three-game series against NC.
It is clear that he is trying to control the heavy atmosphere.
Doosan was aiming for a pleasant rebound after winning a series against Kiwoom last weekend, but untimely bad news struck.
The spark of Oh Jae-won’s case, in which he was arrested and indicted on charges of drug use, will fall on the team.
It was later revealed that Doosan players were prescribed sleeping pills containing zolpidem, a psychotropic drug, on their behalf and gave them to Oh Jae-won.
As a result of the club’s own investigation, there were 8 players involved in the 1st and 2nd teams combined.
It is known that most of the players are second-team players and do not have the starting resources for the first team, but the depressed atmosphere cannot be helped as the players are the subject of a police investigation.
Some players are said to have confessed to delivering sleeping pills after being unable to withstand the threats and coercion of Oh Jae-won, who served as Doosan captain in the past.
The team reported the results of the investigation to the KBO Clean Baseball Center two weeks ago, and at the same time, a police investigation is underway, so it is inevitable that they will have to worry deeply about the disposition of the players.
If it is confirmed that a drug controlled as a narcotic was prescribed on behalf of the person, there is a high possibility that the person will be taken to trial.
[이창엽 / 변호사 : 졸피뎀을 대리 처방받은 부분은 명백한 불법이고요. 수사기관으로부터 선처를 받으려면 오재원 씨로부터 협박을 받았다든가 하는 증거들을 확보해야 선처를 받을 것으로 보입니다.]
Doosan announced that it would first observe the police investigation and, if he was converted into a suspect, he would be banned from playing in the game.
[이승엽 / 두산 감독 : (구단이) 자진신고 했고, 규정과 원칙에 따라서 조치를 취하겠다고 그렇게 들었습니다. 저희는 팬 여러분이 경기장에 오시기 때문에 좋은 경기를 보여드릴 수 있도록….]
KBO also explained that it will first take measures such as ‘suspension of participation’, which will prevent players from participating in all league activities, while observing the police investigation, and that they will take disciplinary action in the future depending on whether they are guilty or not guilty.
KBO, which was setting box office records, is looking gloomy due to unexpected bad news.
This is Yang Si-chang of YTN.
Photographer: Jeong Tae-woo
Video Editing: Oh Hwon Seulgi
Graphics: Jinho Kim
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