Earlier this month, the ministry requested a separate prosecution probe into another KBO scandal involving a retired umpire, who allegedly asked multiple KBO club officials for cash. One official, former Doosan Bears President Kim Seung-young, admitted to giving the umpire, surnamed Choi, 3 million won (US$2,660) prior to a postseason game in 2013. Kim resigned from his post in the aftermath, though he insisted the transaction was only a personal one between friends and there was no connection with match fixing.

