Justian resigns from IBF

Justian resigns from IBF

JAKARTA: Following his defeat in the election for the
Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) chairmanship, Justian
Suhandinata has resigned from his positions as IBF vice president
and council member, the worldbadminton.net website reported on
Thursday.

In his resignation letter, Justian -- also a candidate during
the IBF's presidential elections last June -- said he wished to
resign from his post in order to allow the new PBSI board of
executives to have a "freer foreign policy". The position will be
left vacant until the 2002 Annual General Meeting, scheduled for
March.

Collecting only 13 votes, Justian lost the election to
businessman Chairul Tanjung who received a landslide result of
252 votes during the PBSI congress last week. Another 64 votes
were abstentions after the participants walked out of the
congress venue.

Earlier in June, Justian lost to Korn Dabbaransi of Thailand
in his campaign for the IBF top post in Seville, Spain. Justian
only secured 13 votes out of 213 while Korn got 180 votes. -- JP