Badminton: Roslin may sue BAM for omitting his name for two Open meets

PETALING JAYA: An upset Mohd Roslin Hashim is prepared to take the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to court if they do not rectify their mistake of omitting his name from the back-to-back Open tournaments in Singapore and Indonesia. 

Yesterday, Roslin expressed his frustration over BAM's blunder in leaving his name out of the Singapore Open (May 1-16) and Indonesian Open (May 13-19).  

Both the tournaments are important to Roslin. 

They are the first two tournaments that offer valuable ranking points for next year's Beijing Olympic Games.  

The two tournaments are also used by the BAM to finalise the country's third singles player for the World Championships, which will be held at Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil from Aug 13-19. 

With Lee Chong Wei and Mohd Hafiz Hashim assured of their places for the world meet, the third spot is a fight among world No. 20 Roslin, KLRC Bhd's Lee Tsuen Seng (19th), Sairul Amar Ayob (24th), Yeoh Kay Bin (33rd) and Kuan Beng Hong (36th). 

And what makes Roslin even more annoyed is that the same situation had happened to him twice before. 

“How can they forget to submit my name? This is the third time that it is happening to me (his name was also missing from the list in the last year's China Open and this year's Malaysian Open). This is ridiculous. 

“I just arrived from Denmark today (yesterday) and I was shocked to find out that my name was not entered for the two tournaments,” said Roslin, who had been playing for the Danish Vendsyssyl Badminton Club. 

“I cannot help but feel that this is a sabotage. I cannot accept the explanation that they (the BAM) have missed out my name again. This time, I am not accepting their apology. I am very disappointed,” said Roslin. 

Roslin said he would take the BAM to court if they do not find out ways to get his name included in both the tournaments. 

“I want the BAM to rectify their mistakes. If not, I am prepared to take them to court.”  

The BAM's general manager Kenny Goh admitted that BAM had made a mistake. 

“There were so many entries and there was a slip-up from the BAM. We realise this rather late and we could not make any changes. The BAM will be more vigilant in dealing with the entries of the players in future,” said Kenny. 

“It is impossible for us to get his name into the Singapore Open. But we will try our best to enter him for the Indonesian Open. It may be tough as the entries for the Super Series events are limited.”  

 

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