SAA secretary resigns amid fighting by two factions
Narayhanasaamy said in his resignation letter: "I have carried out all the tasks entrusted by the leadership in accordance with the SAA management code of conduct (2023) without fail and faithfully for the good of the association.
"However, lately my work as the secretary of SAA has been disrupted by the leadership, which has violated the integrity of the governance of SAA (2023) and myself.
"Therefore, before I am linked to issues that could undermine my credibility, I hereby decide to resign as secretary effective July 24, 2025," said Narayhanasaamy.
Narayhanasaamy was appointed by SAA president Nurhayati Karim as the honorary secretary of SAA in 2023 with the unanimous support of affiliate members from nine districts in the first general meeting of SAA which was held on Jan 7, 2024.
However, infighting between two factions in the SAA resulted in
six disgruntled district presidents slapped with lifetime bans. But they are taking SAA president Nurhayati and vice-president A. Varughese to court.
Varughese confirmed the suspensions of the six — Datuk S.M. Muthu (Petaling), K. Pregash (Kuala Langat), R. Murugan (Hulu Langat), G. Mohan (Klang), Fauzi Nanivanan Abdullah (Hulu Selangor), and S. Gunaseelan (Sepang) — over alleged breaches of the constitution on June 17.
The six officials were given two weeks to appeal the ban, but none did.
The six district affiliate presidents were banned for life after tabling a vote of no confidence against Nurhayati.
They alleged that Nurhayati had altered the association's financial accounts without committee approval before submitting them to the Sports Commissioner's Office.
They questioned Nurhayati's claim that RM15,000 was spent to send 47 athletes to the Perlis Open last October, allegedly funded by both the SAA and the Hulu Selangor district.
Fauzi, the Hulu Selangor president, had allegedly denied contributing a single sen.
The six disgruntled presidents had written twice to Sports Commissioner Suhardi Alias, who advised them to settle the matter internally.
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