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'Jangan resah isu keselamatan'

Persatuan perlu tumpu persiapan atlit untuk Sukan Komanwel: Kok Chi

ISU keselamatan yang membelenggu Sukan Komanwel 2010 di New Delhi, Oktober ini seharusnya tidak menjejaskan persediaan kontinjen negara menghadapi temasya empat tahun sekali itu.

Setiausaha Kehormat Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM), Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, berkata persatuan sukan kebangsaan perlu menumpu perhatian menyediakan atlit untuk bersaing di New Delhi, dan tidak terlalu resah dengan faktor keselamatan pada temasya ke-19 itu.

“Saya pasti tuan rumah akan mengambil langkah perlu untuk memastikan keselamatan atlit terpelihara,” kata Kok Chi, semalam. “Jangan kita terlalu cemas atau pun memikirkan mengenainya sehingga tumpuan atlit kita terjejas kerana minda yang terganggu.

“Selagi tidak ada masalah atau pun amaran dan larangan daripada pihak berkuasa, kita seharusnya tidak berasa gusar dan memberi kepercayaan sepenuhnya kepada tuan rumah untuk melaksanakan tugas mereka.”

Isu keselamatan Sukan Komanwel di New Delhi terus menerus menjadi perdebatan dengan beberapa negara utama Komanwel seperti England dan Australia melahirkan kebimbangan mengenai kemungkinan meletusnya keganasan di negara itu.
Walaupun belum ada negara anggota Komanwel yang menyatakan akan menarik diri daripada temasya itu, serta jaminan daripada tuan rumah bahawa keselamatan kontinjen yang mengambil bahagian menjadi perkara utama, ia masih belum dapat meredakan kebimbangan beberapa negara peserta.

Malaysia meletakkan sandaran tinggi akan dapat menampilkan persembahan terbaik di New Delhi dari pungutan pingat emas dengan melepasi kautan terbaik 10 emas dalam Temasya XVI di Kuala Lumpur pada 1998.

Oleh Lukman Salleh
lukmsal@bharian.com.my

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