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KUALA LUMPUR - 'Perang mulut' yang berlaku antara Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia (KOAM) dengan Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) hampir selesai setelah kedua-dua belah pihak mengambil pendekatan mengatasinya dengan cara yang lebih berhemah.

Timbalan Presiden KOAM, Karim Ibrahim berkata, pihaknya telah pun mengadakan perjumpaan dengan MOM bagi memohon kelonggaran berhubung pembayaran hutang RM60,000.
''Hasil pertemuan itu, MOM telah pun bersetuju untuk memberi kelonggaran kepada kami bagi menjelaskan hutang tersebut,'' katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia di sini, semalam.

Sebelum ini, Setiausaha Kehormat MOM, Datuk Sieh Kok Chi, dilaporkan meminta KOAM melangsaikan hutangnya terlebih dahulu, sebelum menghantar atlet di bawah naungannya ke Sukan Komanwel di New Delhi, India yang akan berlangsung dari 3 hingga 14 Oktober ini.

Bagaimanapun, Karim tetap bertegas enggan berbuat demikian, atas alasan tidak mempunyai dana selain berpendapat kos pembiayaan atlet Kategori B pada Sukan SEA di Laos, tahun lepas, harus ditanggung bersama oleh KOAM, MOM dan Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN).

Ekoran 'perang mulut' tersebut, Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek kelmarin, menawarkan diri untuk menjadi orang tengah bagi menyelesaikan pertelagahan yang berlaku antara kedua-dua belah pihak.

Dalam pada itu, Karim mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Ahmad Shabery atas kesediaan beliau yang menawarkan diri untuk menjadi orang tengah bagi menyelesaikan kemelut yang berlaku antara KOAM dan MOM.

''Kita berterima kasih kepada Menteri Belia dan Sukan kerana mengambil berat terhadap masalah yang menimpa kami dan di sini saya ingin menjelaskan bahawa masalah tersebut tidak wujud lagi.
''Kita telah pun berbincang dengan Presiden, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim dan beliau sendiri telah meminta kita bertemu dengan MOM untuk menyelesaikan hal ini,'' ujarnya.

Walaupun, masalah dengan MOM telah selesai, beliau memberitahu, pihaknya akan bertemu dengan Ahmad Shabery untuk memohon bantuan bagi menyelesaikan mengenai isu tunggakan lain.

Sementara itu, mengulas mengenai penghantaran atlet ke Sukan Komanwel di New Delhi, Karim mengesahkan seramai tujuh atlet olahraga akan berangkat ke India bagi menyertai temasya tersebut.
Menurut beliau, atlet-atlet tersebut ialah Teoh Boon Lim dan Lo Choon Seng bagi acara 20km jalan kaki, Lee Hup Wei (lompat tinggi), M. Vadivelan (800m dan 1,500m), Roslinda Samsu (lompat bergalah), P. Yuvaraj (400m) dan Siti Zubaidah Adabi (100m).

Tambahnya, buat masa ini, KOAM sedang memantau perkembangan atlet-atlet berkenaan dan sekiranya bebas daripada kecederaan, maka, mereka akan ke New Delhi pada 1 Oktober ini.



Oleh AIZAWATI AHMAD
sukan@utusan.com.my

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