Fighters cry foul

Quartet question last-minute cancellation of their trip to muay thai world championships

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Bags packed, flight tickets and passports in hand, four Singaporean muay thai exponents were all set to don national colours for the May 26 to June 4 International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) Senior World Championships in Abu Dhabi.
But less than 24 hours before their departure, the four fighters were informed by their team manager Robert Yap that the trip had been cancelled. The incident left the quartet - Cheryl Gwa, Lee De Jun, Chai Kai Quan and Tan Xuan Yun - shell-shocked.
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