Disrespectful not to send women gymnasts to Sukma, says MCA

 

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Disrespectful not to send

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Sukma, says MCA

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-15 Aug 2024, 08:02 PM

Party vice-president Wee Jeck Seng says Terengganu menteri besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar has ‘deviated’ from his image of being an ‘open-minded’ PAS leader.

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MCA vice-president Wee Jeck Seng said the lack of development in Terengganu and other PAS-led states has everything to do with how the states are being governed. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: 

MCA vice-president Wee Jeck Seng has expressed 

deep concern

 over the Terengganu government’s decision not to send female gymnasts to the Malaysian Games (Sukma) due to the use of non-shariah-compliant outfits.

In a statement today, Wee said this was not only a sign of disrespect to women but would also set back the state’s economy and social development.

With this move and the recent ban on female singers in temples, Wee said Terengganu menteri besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar had deviated from his image of being one of the more 

open-minded

 leaders in PAS.

According to Malaysiakini, Terengganu State Gymnastics Association president Abdul Razak Mat Amin confirmed that only male gymnasts would be sent to Sukma, scheduled to take place in Sarawak from Aug 17-24.

Other Perikatan Nasional-led states, including Kelantan, Kedah and Perlis, will have both male and female athletes representing them in gymnastics.

“Terengganu and other PAS-led states have fallen far behind other states in terms of economy and social development.

This is not a coincidence. Instead, this has everything to do with how the states are being governed,

 Wee said.

The Tanjung Piai MP also said that Terengganu’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022 was RM36.9 billion, ranked second last in the country just above that of Perlis.

In contrast, Wee said the Barisan Nasional-led Johor had a GDP of RM151 billion.

This clearly shows that conservative governance not only fails to drive economic development but also causes the development of the state to stagnate.

Wee added that an 

increasingly conservative environment

 would eventually lead to a decrease in foreign investments and a decline in the state’s tourism industry.

Earlier this month, the Kuala Terengganu city council sent a directive to the Guan Di temple, saying that female singers were prohibited from performing at its jubilee celebration from July 29 to Aug 2.

In October last year, it was reported that several Muslim female gymnasts from Terengganu had retired from the sport altogether after the state government banned women from gymnastic events.

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Unsubstantiated rumours:

Is it true that when a sportswomen attire stimulates a cleric-assessor's "alarm" to astoundingly alarming degree (😂😁😆) that attire is deemed as 'non-syariah complaint'?