KUALA LUMPUR: Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh urged everyone to allow the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) complete their investigation into the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) before making any speculations.
Hannah said such investigations are standard procedure in any organisation when an anonymous complaint is lodged to the anti-graft agency, not just in sports associations.
“Every time you have an anonymous complaint, the investigating body will come in, but until the investigation has been completed, it’s premature to even comment about it.
“Let’s not speculate and be fair to BAM while we wait for the outcome from the MACC investigation.
“BAM are one of the better-managed sports associations, they have been around for a long time.
“I definitely feel MACC would be able to find the documents and all in proper places,” she said when met after launching the special CIMB Visa debit card to support the children with cerebral palsy yesterday.
BAM through a statement confirmed that MACC visited their office last week to request certain information, and the national badminton governing body had extended their full cooperation to the officers in a professional manner. — Bernama
