Hasan may not join AAAA congress

Hasan may not join AAAA congress

JAKARTA (JP): The presence of Asian Amateur Athletics
Association (AAAA) president Muhammad Bob Hasan at a congress to
elect a new president is in doubt due to his detention in an
Attorney General's Office cell.

Indonesian Amateur Athletics Association (PASI) secretary-
general Tigor Tanjung said on Monday that Hasan's lawyer Hotma
Sitompul had requested the Attorney General's Office allow Hasan
to be present at the congress on Oct. 1.

"We still haven't received any answer from the Attorney
General's Office. It will be really difficult if the AAAA
president is absent from the congress because he must give an
accountability report," he said.

Attorney General's Office spokesman Yushar Yahya told The
Jakarta Post that the possibility of Hasan attending the congress
was very slim.

"Probably he won't be able to attend the congress," he said.

The AAAA statutes say that should the president be absent,
senior vice president, Khalid bin Thani Al-Thani, can replace
him.

Hasan and four other candidates -- Al-Thani of Qatar, Eisa Al-
Dashti of Kuwait, Suresh Kalmadi of India and Muhammad Imtiaz Ali
of Pakistan -- are candidates for the next president for the 2000
to 2004 tenure.

Meanwhile, coach Pieter Noya said that men's sprinter Yanes
Raubaba would have a health test on Wednesday to ascertain
whether he can resume his training program prior to the 2000
Olympic Games in Sydney.

Pieter said Yanes would have some two weeks left for training.

"We still have three weeks to go before the Olympics kick off
on Sept. 25. Yanes will have to take a rest for one week and
hopefully he can return to the track next week," he said.

Yanes, who has qualified for the Olympics in the 100m dash and
4x100m relay, was diagnosed with typhoid but he returned to the
training camp at Senayan Madya stadium last Friday.

Women's jumper Nyoman Rae Trisandiana, however, still has
influenza. She is expected to qualify for the quadrennial event
in the Asian Track and Field Championships here which start next
Monday.

"Nyoman is not too fit and we won't force her to compete in
the championships," Tigor said. (ivy/yan)