Windfall for victorious Negri cagers


Lee (six from left) posing for a group photo with the players and coach of the Negri Sembilan basketball team on Monday.

SEREMBAN: The players and coach of the Negri Sembilan basketball team were awarded over RM100,000 each by philanthropist Datuk Lee Tian Hock for emerging victorious in the recently-concluded 59th Agong Cup.

Thirteen of the players received RM100,000 each while team captain Kuek Tian Yuan and coach Brian Joseph Lester were awarded RM120,000 each.

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