Foul!

The Attorney-General's Chambers has declared a NFA (No Further Action) on the investigation papers (IP) into the failure of Klang City International Marathon organiser to obtain a licence or apply for one from the Sports Commissioner to hold the event last December. The NST quoted  Klang Selatan district police chief Assistant Commissioner Shamsul Amar Ramli  as saying:  "The order was done on the directive of the Attorney-General with the reason that Section 36(1) of the Sports Development Act 1997 is not an offence that can be accusable and it was subsequently classified NFA,"  Read the full report here . Let's dissect the quote. " ... with the reason that Section 36(1) of the Sports Development Act 1997 is not an offence that can be accusable."  The AGC may have come to that conclusion because Section 36 does not specify that not having the appropriate license is an offence.  But .... Section 39 of the Sports Development Act reads...

UPDATE (Dec 11; 11.58am): Sporting events approved by Sports Commissioner's Office will be posted on the Youth and Sports Ministry's website starting Dec 14, as revealed by the Sports Commissioner in her statement today. I'm glad the last point of my observation (as per posting right below) has been addressed. --- UPDATE (10.57pm): A Twitter user had sent me a link by the organiser of the Klang Heritage Marathon 2017.  It states that the marathon has been "postponed to Oct 14, 2018" and that they have been victims of fake news and will lodge reports with the authorities against materials with elements of defamation or fake news. Read the full statement, posted on Dec 2,  here . --- ORIGINAL POST Screenshot of FMT's report. A Klang City International Marathon 2017  pacer suffered serious injuries after she and two others were hit by a car .  Turns out that the organiser of this morning's event, Earth Runners International Group Sdn ...