Malaysian players sent home

Malaysian players sent home

BUSAN, South Korea: Three Malaysian sepak takraw players are
set to be sent home after test results showed they had been using
morphine.

Malaysian chef-de-mission Khalid Yunus said the urine samples
of the three had shown up positive during random tests conducted
in Kuala Lumpur before the team left for Busan.

Malaysia's Bernama news agency named the three as Mohamad
Aznan Raslan, Mohamad Haniff Azman and Mohamad Firdaus Abdul
Ghani.

"They will be sent home immediately so as not to tarnish the
image of the team and the country," Khalid told reporters at the
Dongseo Minseok University gymnasium, which is hosting the sepak
takraw events.--JP