Evergreen Abu Bakar proud to be flag bearer at Para Games


KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran bowler Abu Bakar Nyat (pic) is the oldest para-athlete in the Malaysian contingent for the Asian Para Games and he has always delivered.

And it was only fitting that the 51-year-old chief clerk of the Bertam Hulu Secondary School in Melaka was named as the flag bearer for the Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, from Oct 6-13.

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