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BAM stands firm

The demonstration by a group of NGOs at the BAM office on Tuesday.
The demonstration by a group of NGOs at the BAM office on Tuesday.
THE demonstration by a group of NGOs (non-governmental organisations) who have asked the BA of Malaysia's (BAM) top management to resign, has not triggered much feedback from the association.
BAM general manager Kenny Goh, who is also the acting secretary, declined to comment on the issue but stated that the management is bent on solving the current crisis and the issues will be deliberated and explained to the affiliates at the June 4 council meeting.
"We wish not to comment on anything regarding the demonstration and the memorandum handed over to BAM. The council meeting next week will be the time to deliberate all issues and all will be explained to the our members," said Kenny.

"We are in the midst of completing the post-mortem of the Thomas Cup and also working on solving the problems faced by the national players and coaches and trying to find adequate solutions.

"Preparation for the upcoming major events like the World Championships in Paris in August, Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October and November's Asian Games in Guangzhou are crucial and we are doing everything we can."
Meanwhile, BAM deputy president Tengku Kamil Ismail Tengku Idris Shah claims he was surprised by the demonstration.

"I'm surprised but let's wait for the council meeting where all our members will get a clear picture of what happened in the Thomas Cup and the efforts taken by BAM to solve the problems," said Tengku Kamil.

The protestors, calling themselves Gabungan NGO CENTRAKL, had handed over a memorandum to Kenny asking the top management, including president Datuk Nadzmi Salleh, to resign and allow fresh candidates to take over.
"They also wanted thorough fact finding done on the Thomas Cup failure and, finally, to unearth players with potential to make Malaysia a proper force in world badminton.

This is the first time that a group of NGOs have held a demonstration to voice their displeasure at a sports association.

However, BAM has sped up the process of identifying and solving the problems that have been hurting the performance of the players and development of the sport.

A Think Tank will have its first meeting today to deliberate on the Thomas Cup failure and also suggest ideas that can take badminton to a higher level.

Former internationals Datuk James Selvaraj and Razif Sidek, Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) secretary Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, National Sports Council (NSC) elite athletes division head Ariffin Ghani and National Sports Institute's (NSI) Kol (Rtd) Wong Ah Jit are among the key members of the Think Tank.

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