INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) have decided to suspend all payments to the National Olympic
Committee of Sri Lanka.However, this excludes the direct payments made to athletes benefiting from Olympic scholarships, the National
Olympic Committee has been informed via email.Accordingly, a special General Meeting of the National Olympic Committee was held yesterday
(December 13) in response to this decision, during which it was decided that the election of the National Olympic Committee should be held
National Olympic Committee has reportedly been planned to be held before March of next year after obtaining the recommendations of the
2024.This had been officially conveyed to the NOCSL via a joint letter dated December 10, sent by IOC Director of NOC Relations, Olympic
Solidarity, James Macleod and the Director General of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Husain Al-Musallam.This move is seen as an attempt
to pressure the NOCSL into taking necessary action regarding their ethics committee report.The ethics committee report suggests the
immediate suspension of the incumbent Secretary General of NOCSL, Maxwell de Silva, pending further investigations by law enforcement and
other statutory authorities regarding several allegations of ethics violations and misuse of funds.
