Two SBL players from the dmedia Numen were accused of aiding and abetting in a knifing incident early yesterday morning outside a Taipei bar, police said.
Police said they would be summoning players Wang Chuan-chien (王傳鑑) and Chou Tzu-hua (周資華) for questioning about the incident.
DRINKING
A man surnamed Chang said that Wang and Chou were drinking at the Juliana Junior bar in the early morning yesterday. Chang told police the two players were chatting with him, his girlfriend and eight other friends who were sitting next to the players' table.
DISPUTE
He said the apparently drunk Wang suddenly forcibly grabbed his girlfriend and that he and his friends had to hold Wang back. Chang told police there had been a dispute over the incident, but that things had seemed to have settled down by the time they left the bar.
He said as they were leaving the pub to catch taxis at around 4am, several men carrying knives pulled them out of the taxis and started slashing them.
Chang said three of his friends were injured in the incident.
Chang said he suspected the two players had abetted the men to commit the crime.
BLOOD STAINS
Police said they had interviewed the three victims who alleged they were attacked outside the bar, and confirmed that they had found blood stains outside the bar. Police said they did not know whether the two players had been involved in the attack.
Wang and Chou did not show up with their team for a game yesterday.
DISCIPLINE
A spokesman for the dmedia Numen, Kuo Teh-chih (
Chou was banned from the High School Baseball League in 2004 for throwing a ball at a judge during a game.
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