Chaoes in Asiad Badminton Men's Team Final Back to Peace

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Chaoes in Asiad Badminton Men's Team Final Back to Peace

The Asian Games men's team badminton final resumed after a two-hour-and-half interruption due to the judge dispute Wednesday afternoon.

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The Asian Games men's team badminton final resumed after a two-hour-and-half interruption due to the judge dispute Wednesday afternoon.

The Indonesians had earlier refused to continue their match against host South Korea due to the unfairness of the umpires, leaving the whole badminton court into chao when Indonesian ace Taufik Hidayat left with his teammates and coaches for a boycott.

They required to rule the former score invalid and replace all the linesmen, all from South Korea, with four other judges from China, Hong Kong of China, Malaysia, India or Singapore.

South Korean organizers refused the proposition and painstaking negotiations began. The Indonesians threatened to leave if judges were not changed while South Koreans insisted on the same judges, otherwise they would not play in tomorrow's individual events.

Deputy chief judge Tee Loy Yap, as the coordinator, finally reached an agreement with both sides that the organizers replace the four judges with another four from South Korea and the match resumed with the score of 12-9.

Earlier, Indonesian first singles Hidayat, who was one set behind then, was fighting at the critical moment in the second set when he was 9-12 down.

The baby-faced Indonesian stroke shuttle well within the line while the South Korean linesman indicated it outside.

Hidayat crashed the racket onto the court before he, obviously upset, left with his team.

"They (South Korean judges) made five mistakes against Hidayat intentionally. There were three in the first set alone," said an Indonesian journalist.

Chaprul Tunjung, chairman of Indonesian badminton association, was trying to talk Hidayat into resuming the match before he also made a complaint to the officials of International Badminton Federation.

"No" was Hidayat's only answer while his teammates rallied behind him to boycott the final.

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