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They include Tsao Chin-hui, who became the first Taiwanese pitcher to play in the US Major League in 2003. Tsao, of the Brother Elephants team, has rejected the allegations.
The eight were questioned on Wednesday and released without bail pending further investigation.
The probe has led to the detention of six people, including former baseball players and gambling ring leaders, for allegedly bribing players to manipulate matches, prosecutors said.
Local media said each player allegedly received from 300,000 Taiwan dollars (9,400 US) to three million Taiwan dollars per match to fix games.
The case has dealt a new blow to a sport already plagued by a string of similar scandals that have outraged fans in recent years.
Last year, Taiwan's baseball league banned the Media T-Rex team over match-fixing allegations implicating the team's management and three players, among others.
A scandal that erupted in 1996, the worst in the history of the sport here, led to the disbanding of the China Times Eagles.
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The eight were questioned on Wednesday and released without bail pending further investigation.
The probe has led to the detention of six people, including former baseball players and gambling ring leaders, for allegedly bribing players to manipulate matches, prosecutors said.
Local media said each player allegedly received from 300,000 Taiwan dollars (9,400 US) to three million Taiwan dollars per match to fix games.
The case has dealt a new blow to a sport already plagued by a string of similar scandals that have outraged fans in recent years.
Last year, Taiwan's baseball league banned the Media T-Rex team over match-fixing allegations implicating the team's management and three players, among others.
A scandal that erupted in 1996, the worst in the history of the sport here, led to the disbanding of the China Times Eagles.
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