Blame yourself not athletes, Sim tells sports minister

Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu is to be blamed and not the national athletes over the country's lacklustre performance at the Southeast Asian Games, said former deputy youth and sports minister Steven Sim.

Sim pointed out that under Faizal (above), athletes have struggled with steep budget cuts.

"Faizal's expression of disappointment over the Malaysian contingent not achieving a...