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Maybe They’d Never Seen One Before

Kaushal Khandar, a chess coach in Malaysia, was proud to have a student reach the National Scholastic Chess Championship in Putrajaya: a 12-year-old girl. But the unnamed girl was forced to withdraw because, Kaushal says, the tournament director “deemed my student’s dress to be ‘seductive’ and a ‘temptation from a certain angle far, far away’.” He posted a photo of the girl’s dress online: it fully covered her between her neck and her knees. Kaushal says the Chief Arbiter suggested the girl get a pair of slacks to wear for the next day, but by then it was 10:00 p.m., and stores were closed. “We demand a public apology,” Kaushal said, or “we shall have no choice but to resort to legal proceedings.” The tournament director, in turn, said he will be filing a police report on the incident. (RC/Malay Mail) ...If tournament officials can’t control themselves at the sight of a modestly dressed young woman, they’re the ones that need to leave.