CHEATERS ROYALE!

Guess what? Perlis finished second in the kabaddi event at the National Traditional Sports Carnival in Ipoh.

Suprised? Well don't be! Perlis does not have team at the competition. The Perlis team at the tournament is actually the Kampar team in disguise.

That a team from Kampar actually made it to the final goes to show just how low the standard of kabaddi at the grassroots is now.

That Perlis cannot even put up a team of its own goes to show just who are the chief culprits in the decline.

The President, Deputy President and the Honorary Secretary of the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) all come from the same state of Perlis that have stooped so low to put up these masquerade.

Worse still is that the officials who should be upholding the spirit of sportsmanship have just set us an example of how to be a cheat.

Well, we have to extend yet another round of kudos to these Knights in their shining armour for their nobility.

DENIED!

Kuala Lumpur kabaddi team, the red hot favourites - were denied the chance to play at the National Traditional Games Carnival by clever manipulation of the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia officials.

Appended herewith is the chronology of the events leading to the KL teams being denied the right to play at the carnival.

23th July 2009
Neither the Federal Territory Sports Department nor the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur (KAKL) were given the schedule and the tournament rules for the kabaddi event. It is pertinent to note that the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) took over the technical running of the event just over a week before the event. Kabaddi was included at the carnival through the efforts of the KAKL.
The Technical Head for the Carnival was informed that the KL kabaddi team would arrive in Ipoh after 8.00pm on 24th July 2009.

24th July 2009
The KL kabaddi team left from Puchong at 5.00pm and went on to pick up more players enroute to Ipoh.
At 5.30pm officials from the FT Sports Department called the KAKL president informing him that they were just told that there was a weight check for players going on at 6.00pm.
As we were not informed earlier of this, the FT Sports Department informed the KAM Technical Committee of the same and were told that they would wait for the KL team to arrive for the weight check later that night.
The Technical Head of the Carnival was also informed of the late arrival and he too had informed the KAM Technical Committee, getting similar answers.
At approximately, the bus the KL team was travelling broke down and the information was relayed to both the FT Sports Department as well as the Technical Head of the Carnival.
Both the FT Sports Department and the Technical Head informed the KAM Technical Committte of the delay and were told by the KAM Technical Committee that it was not a problem.
KL Officials were informed by the FT Sports Department as well as the Technical Head of the Carnival that the KAM Technical Committee had already indicated that it was not a problem and they would wait.
At approximately 9.30pm, the KAM Technical Committee despite their early assurance ot the FT Sports Department as well as the Technical Head of the Carnival decided to propose that the KL team to be kicked out of the competition at the managers meeting.
The proposal was made after the FT Sports Department Head had left the meeting area and after being informed that the delay was not an issue.
No attempt was made by the KAM Technical Committee to contact the FT Sports Department nor the team manager of the KL Kabaddi team when the decision was made.
Information of the decision was relayed to the KAKL officials by one of the team managers who attended the meeting.
Upon receiving the information, the matter was quickly relayed to the FT Sports Department by the KAKL officials. Th FT Sports Department quickly contacted the KAM Technical Committte but they refused to change the decision. The matter was than relayed to the Assistant Director of the Sports Ministry in charge of the Carnival.
Her intervention was only met by quick rebuff from the KAM Technical Committee.
The KL team arrived at the venue after repairs to the bus at approximately at 10.10pm and were informed by the FT Sports Department of the sly manner by which the KAM Technical conspired to stop the KL team from taking part at the event.
After discussion with the FT Sports Department, the kabaddi team decided not to make any protest with the event organisers.
The FT Sports Department officials had informed us that it was evident from the onset that the KAM was totally against the KL team and were looking for excuses after excuses to stop the team and that the decision at the managers meeting was clever manipulated.

25th July 2009
The KL team members than went for diner at midnight and checked into the hotel at 1.30am. The team were back at the venue at 7.30am in the morning and displayed upmost sportsmanship by mingling around with members of the various other sports contingents.
After further discussion with various officials of the Sports Ministry, the team left for KL at 12.30pm.

Despite the high and mighty way the KAM Technical Committee conducted themselves, the running of the event by the KAM was but mediocre.

1. The weight check was to have started at 6.00pm but did not take place until 7.00pm.
2. While the event was changed from Open age and weight category to Under-23 by the KAM just over a week before the tournament, the rule was hardly enforced by the KAM Technical Committee. Teams like Sarawak and Perak all played with at least one over weight player.
3. No assistant scorers were used.
4. While there were whiteboards available on both courts, no scoreboard assistants were used to indicate ongoing results.
5. No effort was made by the Technical Committee to update finished results in the main Results Board. All other sports were updating these results as soon as any matches ended with the exception of kabaddi.

The KAKL would like to extend a BIG CONGRATULATIONS AND HURRAY to the KAM for their great effort in promoting the game to other communities as well as encouraging youngsters to play the game through the excellent and professional way of handling the National Sports Carnival kabaddi event.

BOYCOTT AVERTED

The Federal Territory Sports Department had decided to withdraw one of the state kabaddi teams from the National Level Traditional Sports Carnival in Ipoh starting tomorrow.

The decision was made in protest of the KAM's decision to change the age category for the event from open to Under-20 at the eleventh hour.

However, KAKL requested that both the boys and girls team from the state to be allowed to play at the carnival for the sake of sportsmanship and the development of the game in a holistic manner in the country.

A new team has been selected with less than 48 hours notice and the team would leave for Ipoh today despite not having a single full training session.

Despite the setback, we are still confident of doing well at the carnival.


TEAMS LISTS
GIRLS:
SHANTHI A/P ANBARASU
SUBAH A/PSUKUMARAN
MAGESWARY A/L NADARAJAH
LETCHUMI A/P BASKARAN
PRASULAVATHY A/P MANOGARAN
JEEVAJOTHI A/P CHANDRALINGAM
VICNESWARY A/P RAVENDRAN
ABBHIRAMY A/P RAVINDRA RAJAH
PAVITHIRA A/P NARAYANASAMY
HEERASHINI A/P VISVANATHAN

BOYS:
THINESH A/L KRISNAMOORTHE
THANAGARAN A/L PERUMAL
BHARATH KUMAR A/L KARNAN
SHIVA A/L CHANDRAN
GANES PRABU A/L BENJAMIN
KARUNAGARAN A/L SANDAR
INTHIRAN A/L GUNASEKHARAN
CHANDRA SEGAR A/L KRISHNAN MURUTHY
POOVENTHIRAN A/L K.MAHENDRA
THEVENTHIRAN A/L GOVINDARAJOO

OFFICIALS
SIVA A/L KRIHNAN
ANBARASU A/L LETCHUMANAN

MEDIA RELEASE

Below is the press release from the KAKL on issue relating to the victimisation of Kuala Lumpur players by the KAM.


KUALA LUMPUR PLAYERS VICTIMISED


Kuala Lumpur, despite being one of the most active states in developing kabaddi in the country, has been left out of the National Under-20 kabaddi championships to be held in Johor Bahru early next month.

Kuala Lumpur has fallen victim to the political game played by certain key officials of the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM).

At the KAM council meeting held last Sunday, members were informed that the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur (KAKL) were no longer affiliates of the KAM and were not eligible to participate in the competition.

The statement was made by the Deputy President of the KAM, Maniam Manikkam, during the meeting in the absence of the president.

The alleged de-affiliation of the KAKL has been done without any reference or adherence to the KAM constitution.

KAKL sees this as clear case of conspiracy and retaliation against the KAKL for questioning the supposititious decisions made by the KAM in the past.

KAKL feels that the travesty laid upon the players was uncalled for and was made with malice.

This is not the first time that certain KAM officials have sabotaged the development of the sport in Kuala Lumpur.

Attempts were made to stop the KL team from participating at the last Presidents Cup competition held in Kangar two years ago. The KAKL successfully unveiled the web of deceit and went on to win the title for the second year running.

Despite being the national champions, not a single Kuala Lumpur player was selected to the last Asian Indoor Games in Macau. KAKL had lodged a report on this matter with the Sports Commissioners Office.

Due to some quick action from the Sports Commissioner, the KAM agreed to call up KL players to the selection trials. But that turned out to be a lie as no new selection trials were held by the national body.

The KAKL had also lodged another report against the KAM two years ago for suspending the KAKL as well an affiliated club and a number of KL players.

Following investigation by the Sports Commissioner, the KAM was found to be guilty and the illegal suspension was lifted immediately with an apology to the KAKL.

Despite numerous attempts by the KAKL to get our events to be sanctioned by the KAM, no reply was given to almost all of our letters.

The only exception was when the KAKL applied for sanction to conduct the International Inter City Kabaddi Championships last year. But that letter came a good six months after an application was made.

Within two weeks of giving out the approval letter, the same KAM officials went out of their way to sabotage the event by asking other affiliates to boycott the tournament.

Despite failing to reply to any of our queries and applications, these officials have continued to sabotage other events conducted by the KAKL.

The KAKL has organised the Rakan Muda Challenge, Rakan Muda Grasscourt Challenge, City Day Kabaddi, Kings of Kabaddi and the ongoing Premier League Kabaddi apart from the various other technical and coaching activities.

KAKL officials namely the Deputy President Maniam Manikkam and vice-president S. Sathasivam have been personally involved in this act of sabotage.

KAKL had also lodged a police report against the KAM Deputy President earlier this year.

Maniam also tried to stop KL based teams from participating at the Negri Sembilan Open last month on the pretext that KAKL was under suspension. When asked for prove of suspension by the organisers, the teams were allowed to play and Maniam even stayed back to give away the medals to the winners.

Last December, the KAM failed to invite the KAKL to their general meeting. A report was again lodged with the Sports Commissioners Office.

On the 16th February, 2009, the Sports Commissioner gave the KAM 14 days to resolve the issue.

On February 23, the KAM president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim in a press statement said that the KAKL would be called for a meeting immediately to resolve the problem.

That was a good five months ago and the KAKL is still awaiting the meeting to be called.

The KAKL also lodged a complaint with the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) Arbitration Tribunal on March 9, 2009. But sadly the Tribunal has yet to act on the matter.

The KAKL is saddened by the attitude of the sports officials involved in the sport.

It is pertinent to note that as a national body the KAM had not conducted any national level senior competitions for the past five years.

The only competition conducted by the KAM in the past two years was Sukma last year. Kuala Lumpur won the gold medal at the demonstration event held under the auspices of the National Sports Council.

The National Under-20 is the first internal event to be conducted by the KAM since the Presidents Cup (Under-23) in mid 2007.

No Technical or Coaching courses has been conducted in almost two years by the KAM.

Although the Asian Indoor Games is due later this year and the Asian Games is due to be held next year, the KAM has yet to even look into the selection and training of the national team.

The last three participation by Malaysian teams at the Asian Indoor Games in Macau, the Asian Beach Games in Bali and the Asian Women’s Championships in Madurai all finished in disastrous fashion for Malaysia.

Malaysia even suffered the ignominy of losing to newcomers Indonesia in Bali. The poor run by Malaysian teams was mainly caused by poor selection process and also haphazard training programmes.

Despite sending a team to the Asian Beach Games, the KAM has never conducted a single local tournament nor have they conducted any technical courses for beach kabaddi in Malaysia.

The selections for the teams to Bali and Chennai were also dubious as states were allowed to send only two players for trials. This despite the fact that some states did not have a single women player with them.

The bulk of the better women players on the country come from Selangor, Negri Sembilan and KL and the decision was not made in the best interest of the game.

Last year, the KAKL had offered to host the Presidents Cup and also create a National Under-15 tournament but after almost a year, the KAM has yet to reply to our request.

The KAKL is concerned with the unprofessional way the KAM is conducting its activities and would like to call upon the top leaders of the association to quit immediately for the benefit of the development of the sport in the country.

The top officials in the KAM have not only failed to develop the game properly but have also set out to sabotage the activities conducted by those questioning their lackadaisical and totally unprofessional way they manage the association.

KAM to settle problems "immediately"

The Berita Harian has made a follow-up report to the notice given to the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) regarding the validity of its General Meeting.

KAM President Shahidan Kasssim was quoted as saying that he would call for a meeting with the affected parties immediately. He had added that the problems was caused by individuals who have mixed personal interest with volunteer work for the association.

The excerpt from the report in Malay is as follows and the full report can be read here in the Berita Harian.


“Persatuan sukan ini memang ada bermacam-macam masalah tetapi semua itu akan dapat diatasi. Saya akan segera bermesyuarat dengan persatuan itu bagi menangani masalah ini.

“Inilah masalah yang berlaku dalam persatuan sukan apabila wujud golongan yang mencampurkan kepentingan diri dengan tugasan sukarela di persatuan. Bagaimanapun, saya akan cuba atasi masalah ini.

“Saya tidak merasakan ia boleh menjejaskan saya andai dicalonkan untuk jawatan presiden MOM kerana bagi saya masalah berkaitan tidak puas hati ketika mesyuarat agung tahunan, mampu ditangani dengan segera,” katanya ketika dihubungi, semalam.

The KAKL wrote to the KAM President regarding the issue in December and are still waiting for a reply from him.

Read the letter here
http://kabaddicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/kam-agm-invalid.html

KAM's General Meeting in the news again

The Berita Harian has highlighted the problems facing the Kabbadi Association of Malaysia (KAM) in their article and linked it to the prospect of KAM president Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim wanting to stand for elections in the Olympic Council of Malaysia.

The Berita Harian reports

"Bagi Shahidan yang sekali lagi menawar diri untuk dicalonkan merebut jawatan presiden MOM, isu yang membelenggu Persatuan Kabbadi Malaysia pasti menghantuinya.

Shahidan yang menarik diri selepas beriya-iya mahu mencabar Tan Sri Tunku Imran Tuanku Jaa’far pada pemilihan 2007/2009, kali ini berdepan aduan Mesyuarat Agung Tahunan (AGM) Persatuan Kabbadi Malaysia, dilangsungkan tanpa mengikut perlembagaan.

Difahamkan, Persatuan Kabbadi Kuala Lumpur dan Selangor mengemukakan aduan kepada Pejabat Pesuruhjaya Sukan mendakwa AGM yang dilangsungkan pada 14 Disember lalu, tidak mengesahkan akaun dan notis panggilan mesyuarat tidak mengikut peraturan

Malah, Persatuan Kabbadi Kuala Lumpur pula mendakwa mereka tidak dijemput untuk AGM itu. Selain dua sukan itu, Shahidan juga menjadi presiden Persatuan Petanque Malaysia, Persatuan Renang Amatur Malaysia (Asum) dan Persatuan Bola Sepak Perlis."

The KAM was given 14 days to resolve the issues raised by the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur and Kabaddi Association of Selangor in a letter dated 16th February, 2009.

Kabaddi news on Malaysia Nanban

Malaysia Nanban tamil daily has highlighted two kabaddi stories in their edition today. The first is regarding the Rakan Muda Kabaddi Challenge 2009 hosted by the KAKL on December 28, 2009.

The second is the story about the Sports Commissioner giving the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia 14 days to resolve the complaints made by Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur and Kabaddi Association of Selangor regarding the validity of the national association's general meeting.

KAKL lodges Police Report against Maniam

Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur president S.T. Arasu, on behalf of the association, has lodged a police report against the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) deputy president Maniam Manikkam for spreading malicious lies about the association during a radio interview.

The KAKL will proceed to sue Maniam for defamation if he does not make his apology to the association.


"Maniam decided to go on a tirade against the KAKL in a radio interview not realising that he was only damaging the game. It is like the Malay saying that when one spits into the air it lands on his own face"

Sports Commissioner Acts (updated with letter copy)

The Sports Commissioner's office has given the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) fourteen days to settle the issues raised against the validity of their General Meeting held on December 14, 2008.

The letter dated 16th February, 2009 Ref. No. PPS 06/01/0703/2000 Jld 2 (6) was in response to the complains made by the Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur (KAKL) and Kabaddi Association of Selangor (KAS) against the national body.

Both state bodies have demanded that the KAM's General Meeting was not held in accordance of the bodies constitution and must be reconvened immediately.

If the KAM does not act in accordance of the constitution and natural justice, KAKL would consider taking legal action against the body.

KAM AGM invalid?

The Kabaddi Association of Kuala Lumpur has requested the Sports Commissioner to declare the General Meeting conducted by the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia (KAM) last December illegal.

KAKL was not invited to the meeting with any valid reasons. The KAKL had written a letter to the KAM president asking for an explanation. However, after almost two months, the KAM president nor any of the KAM office bearers have replied to our demand for an explanation.

The KAKL has now written to the Sports Commissioner to take the necessary action. The KAKL are now also mulling legal action against the KAM for their unfair treatment and complete lack of adherence to the rule of law.

The letters are posted below. Click on the letters to enlarge.

Letters that go unanswered

The KAKL have been queried numerous times that the association has failed to obtain proper approvals from the national body in running our tournaments.

We would like to put on record and explain that the Kabaddi Association of Malaysia has failed to reply to almost all of our letters to them and at times look clueless in carrying out their duties.

Proper and responsible management calls for replies to queries in reasonable time. It is unquestionably irresponsible for a national body for not only in their failure to in having the courtesy to reply to our letters in due time but for their key officials going around and sabotaging events conducted by the KAKL.

We are posting all of the documents that we have sent to the KAM and going to let our members and others who have been clamoring for answers from us to make their own judgement. Please click on the objects to enlarge the letters.

1. KL protest letter in 2006 to the KAM received no reply from the national body. The matter was referred to the Sports Commissioner and the decision was given in favour of KAKL. KAM was directed to withdraw all actions against the KAKL and its members.







2. KAKL offered to host the Presidents Cup kabaddi Championships in 2009 in a letter dated 27th June 2008.
Till date, KAKL has yet to receive a reply from the KAM.


3. KAKL requested for the following in a letter dated 27th June 2008
a. A better format of appointment of Technical Officials
b. To Conduct a Technical Course in KL
c. Action against the Sukma Chief of Referee
d. Request for states to informed of change in the Rules of the Game
e. Offered to host the National Under-15 in 2008
The KAM did not reply to our letter nor did it take any steps to look into our requests.




4.KAKL requested the sanction for the International Inter City Kabaddi Championships from KAM in a letter dated 27th June 2008 and made a follow-up requesting for the sanction as well as the guidelines for tournaments a month later.
KAM replied via letter only in November approving the tournament. A week before the tournaments original date KAKL president was informed via a telephone call by the KAM executive secretary that the KAM deputy president wants to withdraw the sanction. The President informed the executive secretary that the tournament would go ahead and if any withdrawal was made at the late juncture without any proper reasons, the KAKL would sue the KAM. No reply came to the KAM after that but officials from the KAM went on a disinformation propaganda against the KAKL.




5. On October 22, 2008, the KAKL requested for the sanction of the KAKL Kabaddi League to be launched in December 2008. No reply was given by the KAM. On January 5, 2009, KAKL made a follow-up letter and till date the KAM has not bothered to reply to either letter.





6. On January 11, 2009, the KAKL requested the KAM to sanction the City Day Kabaddi Championships being held under the auspices of the Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur to celebrate the FT Day. No reply was given by the KAM.