ISF takes action against head of Chinese Taipei

International Softball Federation President Don Porter has announced action taken today in response to incidents surrounding two playoff games involving a banned flag, here at the X Women's World Championship yesterday.

Prior to Saturday afternoon's Chinese Taipei vs. Australia game, a Chinese Taipei athlete carried a banned flag out onto the field. Then, following the last game of the night, China vs. Chinese Taipei, the same flag was also brought on the field past the Team China dugout by a fan who jumped onto the field after Taipei won 6-5.

The flag, which has been a controversy for many years between China and Taiwan, has been banned by the International Olympic Committee, as well as by the ISF at events sanctioned by the ISF. In 1979, a flag different from the one demonstrated last night was approved by the IOC to allow Taiwan to continue in the Olympic Games.

Mr. Porter, expressing his displeasure and noting that "they have been warned repeatedly in the past," met with the ISF Executive Council this morning, at which time he appointed a Championship Tribunal to investigate the incident, as provided for in Article 7.16 of the ISF Technical and Procedural Code (see ISF rulebook, page 56). That commission consisted of ISF Secretary General Andy Loechner, ISF At-Large Vice President/Latin America Meliton Sanchez, ISF Vice President/Oceania Bob Leveloff, and ISF 1st Vice President Clovis Lodewijks, who served as chairman.

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