SEOUL (Reuters) - Defending K League champions Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were docked nine points and fined 100 million won (£70,088.28) by the league's disciplinary committee on Friday for payments a club scout made to referees in 2013.
In May, prosecutors charged two referees in South Korea's top league with accepting bribes totalling 5 million won from a Jeonbuk Motors club scout, with three payments of 1 million won each made to one official and two to the other.
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