Selangor emerge overall champs
Published on: Monday, July 08, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: The Kelantan rugby team thrashed Melaka 36-0 to grab the last gold medal of the 16th Malaysia Games (Sukma) which concluded Sunday.Two other gold medals on the last day went to Muhd Ashraf Haiqal Rizal from Kedah and Ho Ying from Johor, who won the men's and women's ping pong respectively. Selangor emerged as the best contingent in the Sukma Games this year with a medal tally of 23 gold, 17 silver and 30 bronze medals although the state contingent only added one silver and two bronze medals through ping pong on the last day of the meet.
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Selangor became the overall champions of the Malaysia Games for the seventh time after emerging as the overall champions for the first time in the 1988 edition while the last time it became champions was in the 11th edition in Kedah in 2006.Meanwhile, the Terengganu contingent failed to defend the title when it ended in the second spot with a tally of 19 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze medals. The Federal Territory contingent ended in third place with 15 gold, 20 silver and 17 bronze medals.The closing ceremony for the 16th Sukma Games will be officiated by Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin at the National Sports Council (NSC) Mini Stadium in Bukit Jalil, here.
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Meanwhile, the National Sports Council (NSC), as organiser of the Malaysia Games (Sukma) 2013, will leave investigation into an alleged rape reported during the event, to the police.NSC director-general Datuk Seri Zolkples Embong said he was only informed of the matter Sunday morning.
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"According to reports (in a local daily), it's become a police case so I'll leave it to the police."It is the first such case to be reported in Sukma and has interrupted the flow of the event this time," said Zolkples, who is also 2013 Sukma Managing Committee chairman, during a news conference at the Sukma Main Media Centre in the NSC here Sunday.Media reports stated that a handball athlete participating in Sukma had lodged a police report, alleging she was raped by a group of male athletes at the sports village in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) last Wednesday.According to the report, the 19-year-old said she was unconscious when the men took turns raping her. Prior to the incident, she was reportedly drinking with several male handball athletes at a basketball court.Zolkples said he would contact the contingent on the matter."There was an offence and we (NSC) will get to the bottom of it, with the Federal Territory contingent."This can happen anywhere. In terms of safety, we have the cooperation of the police, and UPM has also increased the number of safety officers to monitor the sports village," he said.Zolkples said security guards on duty monitored the area in the sports village but did not check every room. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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