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Will May 5 mark new beginning in OCM?

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UPDATE: May 5 (1.39pm) OCM's new line up 2018-2021 President: Datuk Seri Norza Zakaria Deputy president: Datuk Seri Abdul Azim Zabidi Vice presidents: Datuk Paduka Mumtaz Jaafar, Datuk Ong Poh Eng, Mahindra Vallipuram, Tan Sri Mohamad Noor Abdul Rahim, Prof Datuk Dr Shamala Subramaniam Secretary-general: Datuk Nazifuddin Najib Assistant secretary-general: Chan Foong Keong & Moira Tan Siew See Treasurer: Ahmad Feisal Ahmad Tajuddin Assistant treasurer: Datuk Amarjit Singh Gill Norza paid tribute to outgoing president Tunku Imran Jaafar and assistanct secretary-general Datuk Sieh Kok Chi.  He had also in his speech said the "workings within OCM cannot be based on the interpretations of one or two individuals".  He was unimpressed with the mudslinging and poison pen letter that surfaced days before today's election, adding: "I'll leave it to the authorities to investigate and name those responsible for the letter...

GOING NUTS: Love is all you need

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Going Nuts by Graig Nunis, as published in Mailsport today. ONE of The Beatles’ most famous songs is All you need is love . In these trying times with another Malaysian affiliated plane mishap and over 200,000 people affected by the worst floods in living memory, we can all do with a little bit of love. Watching and reading how Malaysians from all walks of life Come together to help flood victims have restored faith we can indeed live up to the 1Malaysia slogan — hopefully we don’t need another tragedy to make us realise this. Another unifying force is sports. Remember how we all cheered for the national teams during the Thomas Cup final and more recently the AFF Cup? Yet, there are many individuals who strive to take advantage of sports. Here are some wishes for the year ahead and beyond which hopefully can help stop them. Keep race and politics out of sports It is disheartening there are still some idiots who use the race card. One such person who do...

Lee Chong Wei saga: NSI not informed of July 17 jab, say insiders

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As published in Sunday Mail  By Haresh Deol and Graig Nunis mmnews@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR — Traces of a banned substance were apparently “high enough” in Lee Chong Wei’s urine sample as investigations revealed the drug was administered during the shuttler’s stem-cell surgery on July 17. Insiders claim the dexamethasone injected into the world No. 1 was part of the surgical procedure usually carried out if the surgery “under anesthetic took longer than usual” to avoid the patient from suffering from severe nausea and vomiting. “But the National Sports Institute (NSI) was not informed the drug was administered up until recently,” said an insider close to the investigations. “Investigators are also probing how traces of the drug lingered in the athlete’s body for more than a month and if other pills or cream, were also used.” The biological half life of dexamethasone, a lower-strength steroid, is between 36 and 54 hours. It is not a performance-...