Former triple jump national athlete Zaki Sadri welcomed the RM1.2 billion allocated for sports development programmes, which was announced in Budget 2017 by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak yesterday.

“As a sportsperson, I am definitely happy and thankful to the prime minister.

“However, I hope that the allocation will be channelled appropriately and there will be no further leakages, as what had occurred previously,” Zaki told Malaysiakini...