Reporter Li Yixuan/Reporting from Taipei
▲Former Yulon center Ong Jiahong was wanted by the prosecutor. (File photo)
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The SBL Yulon Basketball Team was shocked to learn that players cooperated with underground leaders to manipulate winnings and losses. Prosecutors concluded the investigation on the 2nd and charged 15 people, including 10 players, with violations of sports lottery regulations, gambling and other crimes. The whole case will be transferred to Shilin District Court. Among them, the 32-year-old player Weng Jiahong involved in the case has been wanted by the prosecutors because he failed to show up to the case. Wang Jincheng, Weng Jiahong’s mentor on the Xingwu University of Science and Technology basketball team, was interviewed today to defend him and revealed that he had gone to mainland China to repay his debt.
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“Zhongtian News Network” reported that Wang Jincheng revealed in an interview that Weng is actually in China now, and said that Weng Jiahong personally told him that there was absolutely no match-fixing. How did he control the game with so little playing time? There was only one thing between him and Wu Jiying. He borrowed money from him because he owed gambling debts. Weng had explained it to the prosecutor, but suddenly he became wanted.
Wang Jincheng said that Weng is now in mainland China because there is no ball to play in Taiwan. In order to pay off his gambling debts, he “went to China to play basketball to make money” and hoped to get back the debt as soon as possible. Moreover, Weng also told him that because of his involvement with underground banks, Borrowing money, the other party has sent people to harass his family.
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It is understood that Weng Jiahong graduated from Tongde Jiashang and Xingwu University of Science and Technology. In April 2016, he led Xingwu University of Science and Technology to win the first University Basketball League (UBA) championship in team history. He personally received the MVP of the championship game. From 2016 to 2019, he was Playing for SBL Daxin Engineering, and since 2020 he has played for SBL Yulon as a forward; however, he only played 2 games in the 2023 season, grabbing 1 rebound, 1 steal, and scoring 5 points.
2024-02-02 08:04:00
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