Malaysia Athletics’ task force farce
Task force farce. Empty words. Fading patience.
Malaysia Athletics (MA) said it would “look into” the long-unpaid RM5,000 cash prizes owed to sportsmen and sportswomen of the year between 1966 and 1982.
But weeks later, there are no names. No timeline. No meeting.
And no clarity on whether the youth and sports ministry, the national sports council and the Olympic Council of Malaysia are even on board.
The delay cuts deep. For the nine athletics icons, every day without answers feels like another act of erasure.
The silence is worse than denial.
M Rajamani, Malaysia’s first sportswoman of the year in 1966, said the wait feels endless. “A task force without action is not recognition, it’s postponement.”
Race walking legend V Subramaniam was sharper still. “We are not asking for miracles, only for a decision.
“If you call it a task force, show us the names, show us the timeline. Otherwise it’s just another way to keep us waiting.”
This delay stings because it…
