Deputy CDM disappointed with Zii Jia's move to skip Commonwealth Games


Lee Zii Jia - AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: Shocked and thoroughly upset.

That was the reaction from the deputy chef de mission to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Gerard Monteiro, upon knowing that national professional men’s singles ace, Lee Zii Jia had pulled out from the Games.

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