Deputy CDM will review target after Zii Jia’s Games withdrawal


KUALA LUMPUR: Shocked and thoroughly upset.

That was the reaction from Gerard Monteiro, deputy chef de mission to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games on men’s singles ace Lee Zii Jia’s withdrawal from the Games.

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