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Cruel blow: Yeap Wai Kin, a double SEA Games gold medallist and world championship silver medallist, is one of five exponents who were axed.

PETALING JAYA: Wushu and pencak silat have made big medal contributions at the SEA Games but even they are not spared from the budget slash.

Wushu was told to release five exponents under the Podium Programme.

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