WHERE IS YOUR SPIRIT BAM

The Badminton Association of Malaysia is fretting about the World Badminton Federation giving a wild card to China's ace Lin Dan.

And it's Secretary Ng Chin Chai has been quoted as saying that it was not done in the spirit of the game and BWF was in support of China.

To add insult to injury, there have even been suggestions that the wild card was issued as certain quarters in BEF were unhappy with BAM's support of a particular candidate in the BWF presidential election.

Well BAM should take a good look at themselves in the mirror when talking of fair play as it is evident Chin Chai does not practice what he preaches.

Why have two Malay boys, Zakry and Fairuz denied a place in the World Championships and the places given to a BAM pair?

It was clear the BAM pair was helped in its cause as the duo were given places in the Thomas Cup and allowed to play in the Badminton Asia Championship, both events where BAM does the selection.

The combines points derived from these two events was above 7,000 and that gave an advantage to the BAM pair.

Do not give any bullshit when it's clear that even in Malaysia, there is discrimination in sports and the current BAM regime is to blame.

So rather then blame everyone else, always remember that god rewards you in a mysterious way and you are to blame for your misdemeanor on earth.

IS THIS HOW WE TREAT ATHLETES?

Just take a look at the picture below and it tells you a million tales on how sports is administrated in the country. These are our nations divers, sleeping on the floor at an airport in USA , in transit for 8 hours.

This picture was taken from the twitter of Olympic bronze medallist Pandelela Rinong.

Am sure there will be loads of excuses and cover up, but can someone explain why they had to sleep on the floor?

AM BACK

Many have construed my silence on this blog to me beibg silenced by certain quarters.

But in reality I had to focus on family issues, as the well being of my parents is of utmost priority.

Much has happened over the weeks I did not update this blog but from today we shall continue to bring you unbiased news, expose the wrong doings and abuse of power and above all the self interest of personalities that use sports for self gain.

The image of the country internationaly has been tarnished at the BAC AGM and we now have video and audio footage showing a Malaysian doing scant justice to the BAC Constitution.

And then there is another case of the OCM Secretary position challenge that is being fanned by a top civil servant who has axe to grind.

Not forgetting talking on who will be the next Sports Minister since GE13 is over. Bye Shabery Cheek for you will not be missed at all save for those who benefited.

And talking of benefits why is the main stream media, especially the badminton writers so quiet about BAM appointing an agent to deal about TV rights with RTM when it could have done so itself as has been the case? Why pay commission when you can save mega bucks?  All related to the fact that you scratch my back and I scratch yours?

Oh yes there is also the talk about Windsor Paul making a return as FAM Sec Gen, in the mans own words why bother when one cannot change things for the better.

So keep coming back here for we are back and cringe in fear you sods who abuse sports.

Power game shifts to the High Court

By Chan Wai Kong


DRAMATIC MOVE: Legal challenge in Kuala Lumpur to the ouster of Badminton Asia Confederation chief

RUSSIAN Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says: "Those who play badminton well can make quick decisions."

As it is, quick and dramatic decisions were made across Asia of late, especially in Malaysia, where a controversial issue leaped from the badminton court into the High Court of Kuala Lumpur.

On March 17 in Bangkok, Katsuto Momii was ousted as president of the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) by a motion of no confidence in an extraordinary general meeting (EGM).

Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president Datuk Seri Nadzmi Salleh became BAC acting president.

A BAC statement said: "The members were unanimous in their agreement that Mr Momii failed in his duties as a leader of the confederation."

Momii is Japanese, and with his Bushido spirit is not going to bow out without a fight, and he has his allies.

Challenging the legality of the BAC action, a member of the confederation has filed a suit, and a Malaysian judge will look into the case tomorrow. Though the issue is of international proportion, it will go to a Malaysian court because the BAC is headquartered and registered in Kuala Lumpur.

As the acting president of BAC, Nadzmi should be, on paper, in a stronger position than his Indonesian rival, Justian Suhandinata, in the fight for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) presidency on May 18. But he has since changed his mind, despite having declared in January that he would not withdraw from the race.

When both the officials were nominated in February to run against Europe's Poul Erik Hoyer (who had 52 nations supporting him), Justian secured 24 seconders while Nadzmi got only two. Clearly Justian was the one who had a better shot at the post compared with Nadzmi.

On March 24, barely 24 hours after Nadzmi became the BAC acting president, there was a change of script after Justian had a table talk with Nadzmi.
Following the powwow, Nadzmi, the former chairman of Proton, gave up his bid for the BWF presidency.

To many badminton followers, it appears to be a divide and rule deal -- Nadzmi to head Asia and Justian to go for the world.
Nadzmi, in coming to what is seen as a compromise with Justian, said he backed out of the BWF election for the sake of Asian solidarity, as he did not want Asian votes to be split, which would benefit Hoyer.

Nadzmi's explanation may sound sensible but his denouncers say the Asian votes have been compromised, as Momii's allies, believed to be about 20 Asian nations, will throw their support behind Hoyer, a former Olympic badminton champion, in a counterstroke.

A forewarning is that only 12 out of the 41 members of the BAC were willing to attend the EGM in Bangkok that kicked out Momii. The Lebanon Badminton Federation filed a suit and an injunction to stop the EGM but without success.

However, Nadzmi's talk of "Asian solidarity" has hit a raw nerve with supporters of former Kuala Lumpur Badminton Association president Datuk Seri Andrew Kam Tai Yeow. They pointed out that there was no "Malaysian solidarity" when Kam contested the 2009 BWF presidency in Guangzhou, China.

In that election, Kam, a prominent businessman and lawyer by profession, finished second to Kang Young Joong, a South Korean billionaire who has made his fortune in children education.

Ironically, Kam, who was nominated by the Australian BA, found himself contesting on an uneven playing field that was seen to have been tilted by BAM, which opted to support Kang. That is what the critics are saying.

Remarkably, Kam, who was virtually "campaigning on his own", managed to garner a veritable 70 votes from more than 40 countries despite the odds stacked against him.

Kam, who was BWF honorary legal adviser, is a familiar name to the federation's 169 member countries after winning a "court case" for the world body.

In 2007, the Russian Badminton Federation (RBF) took the BWF to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland. The previous year, the world body had stopped recognising the RBF as its member after it lost its legal status in Russia. The RBF challenged the decision, but the arbitration court ruled in favour of BWF.

Kam must have felt he was denied a golden opportunity to become the BWF president in the coming election. In retrospect, the Kuala Lumpur Racket Club (KLRC) president was approached by some badminton groups to contest the presidency, but he did not want to stand in the way of Nadzmi, who had announced in August last year that he was contesting.

But following the turn of events, which saw Nadzmi going out of the BWF arena, it is too late for Kam to go in because the door to the presidential office is now shut as the nomination deadline was Feb 22.

As a result, there will be no Malaysians to capitalise on "home ground advantage" for the top post in the BWF election in Kuala Lumpur.

Kam, who has given time and money to badminton through his club, KLRC, whose training programmes have also attracted players from other countries, is not discouraged. He said he hoped to play a key role at national level in enriching Malaysia's pool of talents.

Having produced a world junior champion in Zulfadli Zulkifli, whom he discovered at the age of 13, Kam is now backing Zulfadli to win the 2016 Olympic gold.

But seven weeks from now, when the World Badminton Federation election is held in Kuala Lumpur, regretfully no Malaysian will be around to contest the No. 1 post.

LAP DOG GETS UPSET AND YELPS AS MASTER FUMES

It's a dogs world out there as the newspapers hit the stands this morning and a lap dog of the self proclaimed Badminton Asia Confederation President went yelping this morning.

The lap dog was peeved at the truth the newspapers wrote on how a compromise had been reached and how his master had sold a bluff to the nation, by withdrawing after securing the BAC President's position is a very dubious and questionable manner.

More so when one newspaper wrote that only 12 BAC members were at the EGM when BAC actually has 41 member countries.

Claiming to be a honest person, this lap dog is the most dangerous as maybe its not an alpha male as he continues to bitch around, running people down in order to cover his own mistakes and slander that he barks about trying to justify the wrong doings, hiding behind the face of religion.

Anyway before going further, lets dedicate this song to this lap dog, for his efforts in waking up journalists early today, barking out....

Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?
Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?

Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?
Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?

Say, a doggy is nuttin' if he don' have a bone
All doggy, hold ya' bone, all doggy, hold it
A doggy is nuttin' if he don' have a bone
All doggy, hold ya' bone, all doggy, hold it

Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?
Who let the dogs out?
Who, who, who, who, who?

GREED CALLED BAM

It is sad that the Badminton Association of Malaysia council will today be given a brief by their President on how important solidarity is and what sacrifices mean.

The charade is to justify the so called ascendency to the BAC President's position even though it was done through a manner that lacks ethics, morality and above all illegal so much so that a case is pending in the High Court in Malaysia.

There are more important things on the plate as so far as badminton is concerned then the manner in which Malaysia virtually conned its way to the President's position in Asia.

Holding top positions was never a priority for our former badminton leaders who put the priority on the performance of our shuttlers ahead of personal glory.

But how things have changed over the years as the jostle for positions seem to be the main concern and the performance be damned.

It all started with a dream of wresting the BWF Presidency, a plan that went horribly wrong when the BAM President got only TWO nominations. Suddenly the two Chinamen felt that their days were numbered as they had let their President down.

So it was plan B, to save face as the Chinese will call it. Off some went flying to Bangkok and Jakarta, in the name of Asian solidarity and schemed what everyone knew, that is to oust the BAC President just because his advisor was Ganga Rao, a man who infact put the BAM President where he is today.

Just figure this out, BAC has 41 affiliates and by their own admission only 12 were in Bangkok at the EGM who supported the ouster and the appointment of he BAC new President.

Even in the political scenario in our country the BN government was denied the 2/3 majority and are having trouble managing the nation. And here we have only one quarter supporting this illegal appointment yet someone is going to accept it gleefully and the two Chinamen think they have won it big.

What you three have done will go down in the annals of badminton history as dubious and mischievous manner in which Malaysia took over the BAC Presidency, and will soon be exposed for all to see.

Go about doing things correctly as there is still time to save grace, get the no confidence motion tabled in the AGM scheduled for April 21, and if agreed by the majority, go ahead and accept the position.

But if greed as so often happens in Malaysia is the key word, accept it today, get a pat on your back from the council, and have that tidak apa attitude prevailing as you manage an Asia truly divided just because you cannot garner enough votes for the BWF elections.

Ask yourself one question, the 12 who voted ou into BAC, where were they when you wanted nominations for the BWF Presidency?

If this is not a compromise, then your dictionary is seriously flawed.

EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BWF ELECTIONS

Though the BAM President Nadzmi Salleh may have denied it, BAC President Katsuto Mommi believes that his so called ouster was engineered in relation to the BWF Presidential election.

And he voiced his disdain at Nadzmi in describing him as a dictator.

"Firstly I want to ask Nadzmi if he knows what that word means. This is because neither he nor any BAM official has raised any displeasure as to how BAC has been run for the past two years," said Katsuto when contacted in Japan.

"I have met Nadzmi several times and not once has he voiced his displeasure at how affairs were conducted in BAC.

"Now he makes statements to say I am a dictator. Does he realise that the commercial value in BAC was only USD70,000 when I took over and today it's worth USD700,000.

"I believe this move to remove me has everything to do with the forthcoming BWF elections."

Katsuto added that the BAC had already scheduled an AGM on April 21 on Taiwan so any motion of such should have been tabled there as it was a scheduled meeting.

"Why the rush to convene an EGM within ten days and not wait for the AGM?," questioned Katsuto who has sent an email to all members of BAC seeking the resignation of the BAC Secretary.

"Another factor is that why was the requisition for the EGM made on a sheet of paper and not on the letterheads of the respective national badminton associations. This adds to the conspiracy factor."

Katsuto also said that he was perplexed that statements made in Malaysian newspapers saying that BAM convened a meeting last Friday to decide on the motion.

"It's really funny as Nadzmi had signed the call for the EGM on February 24 but only two days before the illegal EGM did the BA of Malaysia endorse it,"said Katsuto who said that the BWF will be informed of the developments.

"I believe this matter is in the Malaysian court and a hearing is scheduled for April 11 in Kuala Lumpur," revealed Katsuto.

"I will not jump the gun and let the due process of the law take place. As for Nadzmi and his sincerity, I leave it to all to decide."

FROM COURT TO COURT

Despite what the main stream media wrote today, the fact of the matter is that BAC has 41 affiliates and only a handful were at Bangkok for the EGM.

Hence watch this date, April 11 as that's the day the battle for the BAC Presidency will be fought on a different court.

For an affiliate has now challenged the EGM validity.

And yes for the BAM President to say that the Japanese is a dictator is akin to spitting in the air.

It's best that Nadzmi just shuts his mouth and not use dubious tactics to get a seat to save his face in wake of his disastrous administration of badminton in the country as we continue to slide.

A COUP BY BAM?

With their failure to get legitimate votes and backing for Dato Nadzmi Salleh for election as President of the BWF, the so called powerful officials have now staged a coup but dethroning the BAC President and installing the Malaysian as President.

Read on the BAC Press Release here and note the Malaysian presence in the picture. Suffice to say that the entire process was illegal, contrary to the BAC regulations, which ironically is registered in Malaysia.

Hence it's no surprise that a legal challenge has been initiated by a BAC member country in Malaysia and the matter is pending in the High Court.

This is a shameful act to the nation, and such matters must be dealt with by the Sports Minister.

BAM ignores poor performance by its players and never hold any inquiries on the Europe Disaster of their players but convened a BAM Exco Meeting last Friday to discuss plans on this coup.

Such a despicable act that shames the nation ought to be highlighted.


News > Updates
Media Release BAC

Monday, March 18, 2013
A motion of no confidence to remove the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) president Mr Katsuto Momii was unanimously carried at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Confederation convened in Bangkok today.

Media Release Badminton Asia Confederation Extra Ordinary General Meeting March 17, 2013

The members were unanimous in their agreement that Mr Momii failed in his duties as a leader of the Confederation.

Mr Momii’s dismissal from the presidency and all elected and appointed positions in the BAC will take effect immediately.

The meeting also unanimously elected Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM)President, Dato Sri Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh as the Acting President to replace Mr Momii.

The BAC will officially invite Dato Sri Nadzmi to accept the appointment.

The decisions were confirmed by BAC vice president Mr Juniarto Suhandinata, who chaired the meeting today.

BAC secretary Mr Surasak Songvarakulpan had earlier informed the members that the meeting was called in accordance to the Rules of the Confederation contrary to objections raised by Mr Momii.

INDIA CAN DENY MALAYSIA FINAL BERTH

DOWN TO THE WIRE

The finalists for the 22nd edition of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will only be determined after the dust settles following the final league matches on Saturday.

As it stands Australia and Malaysia are in the driving seat, both with 8 points but Australia with a superior goal difference of plus 8 while Malaysia are on plus 2.

Both the teams need a draw in their final matches, Australia against New Zealand and Malaysia against India to book their places in the final.

A win for New Zealand and a Malaysian defeat will see the two Oceania countries contesting the final on Sunday.

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