Malaysia's Olympic Council has denied political reasons were behind their postponement of a fun run scheduled to be held this weekend at Padang Merbok - the same venue sought after by Pakatan Rakyat and NGOs for a controversial rally.

Note: The second sound bite is from a previous interview with Sieh Kok Chi: http://www.kinitv.com/channel/8/0vduc6DUAsU/EXCLUSIVE%3A+Mayor+asked+Olympic+Council+to+use+Padang+Merbok+yesterday