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Keselamatan Sukan Komanwel New Delhi Terjamin

KUALA LUMPUR, 29 Julai (Bernama) -- Atlet negara ke Sukan Komanwel Oktober depan tidak perlu bimbang soal keselamatan kerana pihak berkuasa di New Delhi memberi jaminan keselamatan semasa temasya sukan itu, kata ketua kontinjen negara Tan Sri Abdul Halil Abdul Mutalib.

Katanya atlet tidak seharusnya membiarkan perkara itu mengganggu tumpuan mereka kepada latihan, sebaliknya menyerahkan soal keselamatan kepada pengurusan kontinjen untuk memantaunya.

Menurutnya jika soal keselamatan menjadi serius, kerajaan melalui Wisma Putra pasti memberi nasihat.

"Sehingga kini, kami belum lagi menerima sebarang nasihat atau amaran dari New Delhi, hos bagi Sukan Komanwel ke-19 yang akan berlangsung dari 3 hingga 14 Okt.

"Tetapi kita sentiasa memantau tahap keselamatan di sana terutama nasihat dari pihak kedutaan Malaysia di sana. Sehingga kini, kita difahamkan segalanya lancar," katanya kepada pemberita di sini pada Khamis.

Isu keselamatan semasa temasya tersebut timbul berikutan banyak ancaman pihak tertentu untuk mengagalkan penganjurannya tetapi Jawatankuasa Penganjur Sukan Komanwel 2010 New Delhi (OCCWG) sering memberi jaminan mengenai tahap keselamatan di negara tersebut.

Terbaru, ialah ancaman daripada Khalistan Liberation Force (KLF), satu kumpulan puak pemisah Sikh, yang didakwa mungkin menimbulkan kekacauan di New Delhi semasa Sukan Komanwel.

Abdul Halil berkata dua pegawai Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) kini berada di New Delhi untuk mengikuti seminar keselamatan sempena temasya itu dan untuk mendapat maklumat terkini berkenaan isu tersebut.

"Biarkan pihak berkuasa menentukan tahap keselamatan di negara tersebut. Yang penting atlet jangan terpengaruh dengan segala khabar tersebut sehingga mampu menjejaskan latihan," katanya.

Mengulas mengenai isu KLF, Pengerusi OCCWG, Suresh Kalmadi said: "Semuanya baik di New Delhi."

"Keselamatan merupakan komponen penting dalam kejayaan kejohanan. Kementerian Dalam Negeri India dan Polis Delhi akan memastikan kejohanan berlangsung dalam suasana selamat bukan sahaja di semua venue kejohanan dan bukan venu tetapi juga di seluruh bandar raya Delhi," katanya dalam laman web rasmi Sukan Komanwel.

Malaysia dijangka menghantar 190 atlet untuk menyertai 14 daripada 17 acara yang dipertandingkan.

-- BERNAMA

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