Hanis Nadiah

2023 - 2 - 9

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Post cover — Image courtesy of "New Straits Times Online"

Hanis to lose her perks for racial slur (New Straits Times Online)

KUALA LUMPUR: The Bee Gees song 'I started a Joke' comes to mind when one dwells on national hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn's racist remarks on social media ...

"But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no," sang the Bee Gees. "She has been suspended from all international tournaments starting with the Cambodia Sea Games, and MHC and NSC will reevaluate her progress from time to time," said MHC president Datuk Seri Subahan Kamal today. For that, she has been barred from international tournaments by the Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) until they re-evaluate her behaviour.

Malaysian hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn suspended for racist ... (The Indian Express)

Hanis Nadiah Onn helped Malaysia win gold medals at the 2015 and 2017 SEA Games and was to play in the upcoming SEA Games in Cambodia.

She had posted an apology on her Instagram account, a day after the incident. Media reports in Malaysia said that she had posted comments about a particular community of fans who attended the ‘Secret of Success: Live in Malaysia 2023’ concert. “I Hanis Nadiah Onn, a national hockey player, with humility and responsibility would like to apologise for deliberately posting a comment on Jan 28,” she said in a post on Instagram.

Malaysia bans national hockey player over racist social media post (South China Morning Post)

Hanis Nadiah Onn joked about the 'smell' at a concert by Indian composer AR Rahman which drew an audience of 60000, predominantly ethnic Indians.

'Racial slur': Withdraw hockey player's suspension - PAS Youth chief (Malaysiakini)

Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has urged the Youth and Sports Ministry to withdraw the suspension of national women's hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn over ...

According to the PAS Youth chief, this is because the suspension could affect Hanis' future and affect the national team's chance of winning a medal in women's hockey in the SEA Games 2023 in Cambodia. The suspension is too harsh for her offence, more so when she has already publicly apologised... Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has urged the Youth and Sports Ministry to withdraw the suspension of national women's hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn over her alleged racist remark.

Punishment of hockey player for racist remark a lesson to all athletes (The Star Online)

PETALING JAYA: The decision to punish national woman hockey player Hanis Nadiah Onn should serve as a lesson to all athletes.