I READ the article by Lim Teik Huat in Sports Box on Sept 25 (“Just let it rest, don’t fight a losing battle”, StarSport; online at bit.ly/star_rest) concerning the disqualification of Mohd Ziyad Zolkefli in the F20 shot putt event in the recently concluded Paralympics in Tokyo and am surprised that the matter is still not closed.
The case has been politicised and was even mentioned in the Dewan Rakyat, with the Sports Minister contemplating taking the case all the way up to the international Court Of Arbitration for Sport, even though the legal fees may come up to more than US$1mil (RM4.2mil). Is it justified to spend this amount of taxpayers’ money in these trying times without any guarantee we can win the case?
