Watchdog to look into allegations of illicit favors involving national baseball team selection
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Yonhap) -- The state anti-corruption watchdog will look into allegations that national baseball team manager Sun Dong-yol violated the anti-graft law by picking underperforming players for his Asian Games team to give them military service exemption chances, officials said Friday.
A civic organization has filed the allegations with the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, claiming that Sun's selection of some underperforming players amounts to giving them illicit favors because those players would get exemptions from mandatory military service if they won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Indonesia.
The team did win gold, and the team members were given the military service exemption benefit.
Officials at the anti-corruption watchdog said they will start looking into the case next week. The agency will first determine whether Sun is subject to the Improper Solicitation and Graft Act that is applied to public servants, teachers and private citizens carrying out official duties.
By law, all able-bodied South Korean men should serve in the military for about two years. But all Olympic medal winners and Asian Games gold medalists are exempt from service in recognition of their contribution to the country's reputation and prestige.
(END)
-
'Queen of Tears' weaves rich tapestry of Korean contemporary art
-
Ateez member Yunho throws first pitch at MLB match between Dodgers, Mets
-
N. Korea says Kim guided simulated nuclear counterattack drills for 1st time
-
N. Korea calls envisioned U.S. aid to Ukraine 'hallucinogen'
-
N. Korea calls on party propaganda officials to work harder
-
'Queen of Tears' weaves rich tapestry of Korean contemporary art
-
Experts see possibility of N.K. conducting nuclear test before U.S. presidential vote
-
Details of meeting between Yoon, opposition leader undecided: presidential office
-
N. Korea says Kim guided simulated nuclear counterattack drills for 1st time
-
Looming weekly closure of major hospitals feared to worsen medical service crisis
-
Indonesia coach left with mixed feelings after eliminating native S. Korea in Olympic football qualifiers
-
S. Korea eliminated in Olympic football qualifiers as poor defense, undisciplined play prove costly
-
ADOR CEO calls conflict with Hybe 'worst experience of my life'
-
(LEAD) 10-man S. Korea lose to Indonesia to miss out on Paris Olympic football qualification
-
S. Korea to acquire SM-3 shipborne missiles by 2030