In late January district attorneys began their first round of questioning and investigation into game-fixing by gamblers, about which rumors had long circulated. Charges were filed against three members of the China. Times Eagles squad--pitchers Kuo Chien-cheng and Cho Kun-yuan and third-baseman Ku Sheng-chi--as well as several members of a gambling ring.
今年元月底，檢調人員針對傳聞已久的職棒賭博歪風展開首波約談、搜索行動，時報鷹隊投手郭建成、卓琨原、三壘手古勝吉及簽賭組頭數人，均遭賭博罪嫌收押禁見。