Trouble at silat venue forces organisers to ban spectators

THE atmosphere at the Malaysia Games (Sukma) silat competition at the Miri City Stadium will be significantly subdued as the event will proceed without spectators from today onwards.

This decision comes in the wake of an incident earlier yesterday, where a water bottle was thrown into the ring during the 45kg Putri Class match between Sarawak’s Iman Syakilla Mahdi and the Federal Territories’ Nurin Alyaa Damia Mohd Masran.