Paying S'pore Paralympians only 20% as much as Olympians morally and legally wrong: Tommy Koh

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Singapore – Former diplomat Tommy Koh took to Facebook to comment that paying Paralympic and Olympic athletes different amounts was wrong, morally and legally.

Prof Koh argued that such a practice was wrong, under six reasons.The first is that it is just as difficult to win a medal at the Paralympics as at the Olympics, he noted.

His second point took a legal stance and noted the practise was inconsistent with the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability , which Singapore is a part of.- Advertisement -He cited other countries like Malaysia, Australia and the United States, which pay the same amounts to their Paralympians and Olympians.

 

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