00:00Olympic Council of Malaysia, OCM President Tansri Norza Zakaria, has clarified that his
00:08family member's attendance at the Paris Olympics had been part of his personal allocation and
00:13did not come under the team accreditation quota given to each National Olympic Committee
00:18NOC.
00:19He said the International Olympic Committee provides additional accreditation cards for
00:23the President and Secretary General of each NOC, adding that his family was using this
00:29allocation, which allows them access to VIP seating areas.
00:34He added that he was doing pro bono work as President of OCM and the Badminton Association
00:39of Malaysia, and the attack on his family was absolutely unnecessary.
00:43Norza's wife and son were photographed sitting with him during the badminton men's doubles
00:48bronze medal match on Sunday.
00:51This led to an uproar among sports fans in the country after it was reported that men's
00:56singles player Lizzie Jia was denied the presence of a physiotherapist and sparring partner,
01:01while women's singles player Go Jinwei's coach, Nova Armada, could not be with her in Paris.
