Professional baseball Kiwoom Heroes opposed KBO's decision to suspend his job for two months to Chairman Heo Min, and confronted him with "will be judged by the judicial authorities."
In a press release, Kiwoom said, "We accept strict warnings regarding the club and the leader," and "whether there is a fan inspection or violation of the law," and "KBO disciplinary actions such as pitching by the chairman of the board of directors" I decided to be judged.”
Kiwoom said, "We will transparently disclose the progress and results in the future."
KBO confirmed and announced the disciplinary action against Chairman Heo Min and Kiwoom club yesterday (28th).
KBO said, "By acting inappropriately and unnecessaryly as the chairman of the board of directors, it caused social controversy and undermined the value of the KBO League." According to this, he imposed a two-month suspension of work on Chairman Heo Min and urged him to prevent recurrence.
Regarding the controversy over the fan inspection, he gave a strict warning to Director Kim Chi-hyun, saying, "This is a matter that requires judicial decision, so if judicial action is taken in the future, we will deliberate on sanctions according to the result."
In addition, he said, "We will seriously warn the Heroes club and head coach Kim Chi-hyun as we judged that the dignity of the league was damaged outside the game by committing misleading behaviors that could be mistaken for violations of the law."