TAIPEI, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Ten people were questioned here Wednesday after their homes and offices were searched over their alleged role in a match-fixing scandal that rocked Taiwan's professional baseball league, officials said.

Three players from the Media T-Rex team, four team management officials and three bookies were brought in for questioning, said a court spokesman in the northern city of Panchiao.

Prosecutors raided 22 locations linked to the suspects earlier in the day, he said.

The prosecutors said they suspected T-Rex management officials had colluded with players and bookies to fix league games.

T-Rex was formerly called Macoto Cobras, but was renamed earlier this year after it was taken over by d-Media Corporation.

Sports analysts warn the scandal could deal another blow to the island's professional baseball league, which has already suffered a sharp decline in game attendance due to a string of game-rigging scandals.

A scandal that erupted in 1996, the worst in the history of the sport here, led to the disbanding of the China Times Eagles.

Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League, founded in 1989, currently has six teams.