No more discrimination: Shuttlers

No more discrimination: Shuttlers

JAKARTA: Local badminton players, most of whom are of Chinese
descent, urged the government on Wednesday to abolish regulations
that discriminate against ethnic Chinese.

"We must show proof of citizenship to enroll in school or when
doing business," Tan Joe Hok, former All England Badminton
champion, told reporters after meeting Vice President Hamzah Haz
at vice presidential palace.

During the meeting, Joe Hok was accompanied by former
badminton champions Lim Swie King, Alan Budi Kusuma, Heryanto
Arby, Hendrawan, Imelda Wiguna, Chandra Wijaya and Ferawati
Fajrin.

Joe Hok said his children had to produce Indonesian
citizenship documents (SKBRI) every time they enrolled in a new
school here, Antara reported.

He earlier reported the case to Minister of Justice and Human
Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra, who claimed that such discriminative
regulations had been repealed. --JP