HANNAH YEOH ‘COMPLETELY CONDEMNS’ NATIONAL SHUTTLER FOR BLAMING COUNTRY’S POOR PERFORMANCE ON ‘KETUANAN’-TYPE ISSUES – EVEN AS EXTREMIST MUSLIM PREACHER APOLOGISES FOR CALLING HINDUS ‘DEVIL WORSHIPPERS’
PETALING JAYA, 7 Feb -- Menteri Belia Sukan Hannah Yeoh menyampaikan ucapan pada majlis kesyukuran Presiden Persatuan Bolasepak Malaysia (FAM) Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin dipilih sebagai Ahli Majlis FIFA bagi penggal 2023-2027 di Arena Futsal FAM hari ini.
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Sports Minister, BAM slam former national trainee shuttler’s racist remarks
PETALING JAYA: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh condemns remarks made by a former national trainee shuttler Bong Guan Yik that touched on race and religion on social media.
She also said, in a tweet Monday (Feb 13), that she had confirmed with the National Sports Council and the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), that Bong did not live in Malaysia and was only a trainee in 2014
“I completely condemn his racially and religiously-charged speech despite the apology he issued,” Yeoh said in her tweets.
She also reiterated her stand that sports must be free of any racial or political elements.
Pagi-pagi dah dengar video rasis macam ni. pertikaikan orang Islam pergi sembahyang. Takpe kita tengok apa tindakan paling tegas Menteri Belia & Sukan boleh ambik. @hannahyeoh pic.twitter.com/tEhqOUrafQ
— ISU SEMASA VIRAL (@isusemasaviral) February 13, 2023
Meanwhile, BAM also condemned Bong’s remarks and said they will be sending a complaint on the matter to the Chinese Badminton Association (CBA).
It is learnt that Bong is currently coaching in China
“We strongly condemns all forms of discrimination and will urge the CBA to take the necessary action against this individual,” BAM said in a Facebook post Monday.
“Such a person should never be hired to work as a coach in a sport so loved by millions of people of all races and religions.
“BAM and all our affiliates will never accept such a person to be involved in badminton in Malaysia,” it added.
In a video on TikTok for which he has since apologised, Bong had touched on racial and religious sensitivities when he alleged why the country’s players had flopped at the Malaysian Open 2023. ANN
PETALING JAYA: Independent preacher Mohamad Wadi Annuar Ayub apologised to the Hindus on Sunday (Feb 12) for his statement for equating the Thaipusam procession to “devil worshipping” during a ceramah at a Melaka mosque on Friday (Feb 10).
“I apologise to all Hindus in the Indian community for my statement, and I wish to clarify that I have no intention to insult or offend any disciple of other religions,” he said in a statement.
“I hereby wish to state that I sincerely respect the multi-racial society and the religious diversity of our country.
“Hopefully, with my apology statement, the harmonious relationship among the various multi-ethnic groups in the country can be preserved,” he added.
An individual had filed a police report regarding the incident at the Muadzam Shah police station in Rompin, Pahang on Sunday (Feb 12).
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