‘MALAYSIA BOLEH’: Zolkples (left) looks at the medals won by Josiah Ng and Fatehah Mustapa (right) when they arrives from New Delhi, India at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). — Bernama photo
Council to study report from MNCF before deciding action against team manager
SEPANG: The National Sports Council (NSC) will study the report submitted by cycling team manager for the Asian Cycling Championships (ACC 2013) in New Delhi, India, before deciding on action to be taken.
NSC director-general Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong said the Malaysian National Cycling Federation (MNCF) will submit the report to NSC after carrying out its own investigation with regard to claims that the National anthem was not played at the prize presentation ceremony after Malaysian cyclists won gold medals.
“I will leave it to the MNCF to carry out its investigation and if there was proof that the team manager had failed to carry out his duties, action need to be taken.
“We are still waiting for the report and any action will be based on the report from MNCF,” he said when met at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) during the arrival of the cycling team from New Delhi, here, yesterday.
National track cyclist Mohd Azizulhasni Awang had expressed his disappointment, alleging that the national anthem was not played at the ACC prize presentation ceremony, last Friday.
He had poured out his grievances in his Twitter account and Facebook, alleging that this happened because the recording of the national anthem was with team manager (Ibrahim Mustafa) who was at the Taj Mahal when the ceremony took place.
Last Friday, the national anthem was to be played in honour of Mohd Firdaus Mohd Zonis and Erwandie Lakasek, who had won the junior 1km time trial and scratch race gold medals, respectively. — Bernama