Monday November 16, 2009
Disused arena becomes a hotspot for illicit love games
By R.S.N. MURALI
KUALA TERENGGANU: While big sporting events are on hold as the authorities argue over who should pay how much for the repairs to the Sultan Mizan Stadium, young couples have been using the unused arena for more romantic sports.
But that too will now be suspended as the religious snoop squad has caught up with the latest hotspot for khalwat.
The RM300mil stadium, an iconic sporting avenue near Gong Badak, was closed indefinitely after the roof of the spanking new arena collapsed on June 2.
Apart from the occasional track events, the once brightly-lit stadium was to all purposes disused.
However, with no danger of any spectators or the ever-diligent spying eyes of the religious police, lovers in the state have found it an excellent site for their rendezvous.
They have been taking up even the tiniest space available between the ruins of the stadium and unlit car park for their romantic liaisons.
It was their own actions that tipped off the religious enforcement officers.
The religious authorities smelled a rat when too many cars and motorcycles were seen entering the non-operational stadium during the night recently and decided to check up on the sudden heavy traffic to the disused stadium. They found several couples in compromising positions.
When contacted yesterday, State Religious and Information Committee chairman Khazan Che Mat said a dozen couples were caught for close proximity at the site during follow-up operations.
He said the couples had thought they could evade the officers but they had been proven wrong as the officers out-smarted them with their diligence.
He said the officers found it unusual that the Teluk Ketapang beachfront, where many a “khalwat-ing” couple had been nabbed previously, had suddenly become deserted.
Khazan said the officers have been directed to intensify surveillance at abandoned sites.
Meanwhile, Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Said said the state government is still waiting for a comprehensive report from a British consultant on the cause of the roof collapse at the stadium.
“I don’t know how long it will take for them to hand over the report, so we have to wait,” he said when asked to comment on the Cabinet decision that the cost of restoring the roof should be borne by the contractor because it had been still under the construction warranty period.
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