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Kuala Lumpur: Tiada siapa mahu mengesahkan, namun Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong dikatakan mengugut untuk meninggalkan Persatuan Badminton Malaysia (BAM) sekiranya mereka tidak tersenarai ke Siri Super Terbuka Jepun, pada 17-22 September.
Apa agaknya reaksi Presiden Tengku Mahaleel Tengku Ariff (gambar) dengan perkembangan ini kerana perbuatan menggertak jurulatih mahupun persatuan, dikatakan lumrah di kalangan pemain senior.

Mungkin Kien Keat-Boon Heong berasa mereka bertaraf ‘bintang’ berbanding pemain lain meskipun pada hakikatnya, tiada kejuaraan dihadiahkan gandingan itu.
Jika benar, ini bukan kali pertama gandingan terbabit dikatakan mengugut atau menggertak persatuan tetapi tidak pernah diambil tindakan tatatertib di bawah pentadbiran BAM sebelum ini hingga menjadikan mereka membuat ugutan sebegitu.

Pengurus Besar BAM Kenny Goh ketika dihubungi berkata, beliau tidak mendapat sebarang maklumat sebegitu manakala ketua jurulatih beregu Tan Kim Her gagal dihubungi.

Kien Keat-Boon Heong kini berada di India menyertai Liga Badminton India (IBL) bersama ramai lagi pemain Malaysia.
Mungkin sudah tiba masanya BAM bertegas dengan gandingan ini dan memberi fokus kepada pemain lain untuk melonjakkan semula acara beregu lelaki.

Sebelum ini, ada laporan mendakwa gandingan itu mengugut meninggalkan BAM dan badan induk badminton negara itu pula dikatakan bimbang keranaakan turut kehilangan penaja Yonex sekiranya Kien Keat-Boon Heong keluar.
Selain Yonex, jenama lain seperti Li Ning dan Victor juga difahamkan pernah merisik untuk menaja pasukan kebangsaan.

Dalam pada itu, BAM perlu menilai sedalam-dalamnya mengapa ugutan itu dibuat semata-mata kerana mereka mahu beraksi di Jepun. Mungkin sudah tiba masanya Tengku Mahaleel membersihkan BAM daripada elemen negatif sebegitu.



Oleh Mohd Hilmie Hussin, Arena Harian Metro

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