KTA issues Public Apology for unfair refereeing
The Korean Taekwondo Association has issued a public statement of apology addressed to all the citizens of South Korea, in regards to the case of suicide caused by biased refereeing. STATEMENT OF APOLOGY: The Taekwondo family would like to deeply apologize for the recent unfortunate incident which occurred due to unfair refereeing during a Taekwondo competition and which has caused serious concern throughout the country. We would also like to apologize to the bereaved family and send them our deepest condolences. The Taekwondo family is greatly regretting for the lack of supervision until this incident has occurred. Hence, we will make sure that all necessary measures will be taken so that this does not happen again. In order to ensure a fair refereeing in a institutional manner, we will set up an Ad-hoc Committee and a Complaints Center for Unfair Refereeing, and we promise to strictly supervise all Taekwondo competitions through them. Source:WTM
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