KUALA LUMPUR: Taekwondo's exclusion from the National Sports Council's (NSC) core sports programme came as a shock to furious Taekwondo Malaysia (TM) officials who described the move as unwarranted. We believe everybody should join TM as the national body for the sport and become one organisation." Competing national bodies such as the Malaysian Taekwondo Federation and the Malaysian Taekwondo Clubs Association and their affiliates were invited to join TM, whose president is Senator Tan Sri S. A. Vigneswaran. Dhanaraj said TM remains the only taekwondo organisation which can nominate athletes for international competitions including the Olympics, Asian Games and Sea Games. "We regret that nobody contacted us to seek an explanation before making this decision to exclude taekwondo."

Source: New Strait Times December 12, 2017 10:30 UTC