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Perlu Kaji Semula Penyertaan Di New Delhi

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Sept (Bernama) -- Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) perlu menilai semula situasi semasa di New Delhi sebelum kontinjen Malaysia berlepas ke sana untuk menyertai Sukan Komanwel pada Oktober ini, kata pengkritik sukan, Tan Sri Dr Khoo Kay Kim.

"Sekiranya penganjur masih gagal mengawal soal keselamatan, adalah lebih baik saya cadangkan kita menarik diri kerana soal keselamatan kontinjen tidak boleh dianggap sesuatu yang remeh," katanya ketika diminta mengulas mengenai isu keselamatan di ibu negara India itu.

Sebuah jambatan pejalan kaki yang sedang dalam pembinaan berhampiran Stadium Utama yang menjadi venue bagi acara pembukaan dan penutup kejohanan dilaporkan runtuh pada Selasa menyebabkan 20 pekerja pembinaan cedera.

Turut berlaku kejadian dua pelancong Taiwan cedera ditembak dua lelaki berhampiran Masjid Jama di New Delhi minggu lepas.

Khoo berkata isu keselamatan Sukan Komanwel pertama kali menjadi perhatian negara peserta sejak kejohanan diperkenalkan pada tahun 1930 di Kanada.

Dua insiden tersebut telah menimbulkan kerisauan beberapa negara peserta seperti New Zealand, England dan Australia dan ramai atlet mereka mengambil keputusan menarik diri daripada beraksi di New Delhi.

Beliau berkata dalam penganjuran mana-mana temasya, negara penganjur sepatutnya terlebih dahulu mempertimbangkan kemampuan mereka untuk mengawal pelbagai masalah terutama berkaitan isu keselamatan dan kesihatan sebelum membuat tawaran menjadi tuan rumah.

Namun Persekutuan Lawn Bowls Malaysia (PLBM) mempunyai pandangan yang berbeza daripada Khoo.

Timbalan presidennya Jamal Abdul Nasir Bakar berkata PLBM percaya dengan keputusaan yang dibuat oleh Majlis Olimpik Malaysia (MOM) dan Majlis Sukan Negara (MSN) untuk terus menghantar atlet ke New Delhi.

"Isu keselamatan dan wabak penyakit tidak perlu menjadi kerisauan atlet kerana MSN telah menyediakan persiapan yang sewajarnya bagi menghadapi sebarang risiko yang berlaku di sana nanti," katanya.

Beliau berkata walaupun skuad boling padang negara merupakan pasukan pertama dalam kontinjen Malaysia yang akan berlepas ke New Delhi Jumaat ini, namun semua anggota skuad tersebut berasa yakin dengan jaminan keadaan keselamatan di sana.

"Pasukan perubatan dari Insitut Sukan Negara dan petugas MSN akan bertolak ke New Delhi esok bagi membuat persiapan awal sebelum kita bertolak pada Jumaat," katanya.

Jamal Abdul Nasir berkata pihaknya tidak risau dengan sebuah veneu boling padang yang masih belum siap kerana skuad negara boleh berlatih di dua veneu yang telah disiapkan.

Timbalan Presiden Kesatuan Olahraga Amatur Malaysia Karim Ibrahim pula berkata beliau menyerahkan isu keselamatan di New Delhi kepada MOM dan MSN.

"MOM dan MSN mempunyai jawatankuasa khusus dalam perkara ini, adalah lebih baik mereka membuat keputusan mengenai perkara ini," katanya.

-- BERNAMA

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