SEOUL: A top South Korean league goalkeeper has acknowledged being involved in a match-fixing scandal that is engulfing the domestic game, a K-League official said Monday. The goalkeeper from Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors acknowledged helping to fix games last season while playing for the Chunnam Dragons, the K-League official said on condition of anonymity, citing department rules. South Korean media identified the player as Yeom Dong-gyun, who had played for South Korea's under-23 team and been a back-up for the full national side. The official said a prosecution office in the southeastern city of Changwon was investigating the player. Changwon prosecution officials couldn't immediately confirm the investigation, however. The player turned himself in to the league, which had offered more lenient penalties for those who meet an end-of-month deadline to admit their involvement, the K-League official said. Earlier this month, South Korean prosecutors indicted 14 people, including 10 K-League players over the scandal. Nine players, eight from Daejeon Citizen, allegedly took kickbacks from illegal gambling brokers to fix the outcome of games, while the 10th player allegedly bet on one of his own team's games after learning the outcome would be rigged. A former K-League player, who allegedly worked as a broker, was found dead in an apparent suicide earlier this month. Military prosecutors have arrested Kim Dong-hyun of military club Sangju Sangmu, who had made six appearances for the national team. He is the highest-profile player implicated so far in the scandal. The Defense Ministry said last week that military prosecutors were investigating whether three more players from Sangju Sangmu were involved in the scandal.
