\u201cWe take this issue seriously and will also tell the government to look at this immediately because the world sporting fraternity is actually waiting for some feedback from us,\u201d<\/em> he told a press conference here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In fact, Mohamad Norza said he had met representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to discuss the matter recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last Tuesday, a foreign news portal reported that the IOC had issued another warning to countries that refuse to allow athletes from certain nations to participate in major events for political reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n IOC cited the cancellation of the World Team Squash Championship, which was supposed to be held from Dec 7-11, here, over Malaysia\u2019s refusal to allow Israeli athletes into the country, as well as the AIBA World Boxing Championship which saw Kosovo\u2019s boxing team disallowed to compete in Serbia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mohamad Norza, who is also Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president, also gave assurance that OCM would continuously liaise with all stakeholders to ensure that they presented the right explanation in relation to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFor instance, about the squash tournament, we had\u00a0given our explanation and went right up until the World Squash Federation. However, we at OCM think that the government needs to make a final decision on this. 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