PETALING JAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry has called on the organisers of the National Scholastic Chess Championships 2017 tournament to explain why a 12-year-old was forced to withdraw from the contest.
In a statement on Wednesday, the ministry said its Welfare Department was gathering more information from the organisers about the incident.
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