Four Arrow Gaming players get their visas denied, Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports to help for second apllication

Kok 'DDZ' Yi Long, Chiok 'Xiangzai' Soon Siang, Chun 'Mozun' Kah Sheng and Fua 'Lance' Hsien Wan's visa applications have been rejected due to their age, meaning that the TI4 SEA qualifier winners Arrow Gaming were faced with a major problem, as they might not make their way to the TI4 grand finals in Seattle. However, the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Malaysia supported Orange Gaming before, with last year's International when Chong 'Ohaiyo' Xin Khoo experienced the same problem, and they have now extended their support towards Malaysia's second team at TI4. According to the nation's Minister of Youth and Sports Khairy Jamaluddin, KBS will try their best to secure visas for Arrow Gaming.

Hopefuly, the second application will go much better and Arrow Gaming will get their sisas in time. What's maybe more important than the process itself is the fact that more and more politicians and important institutions all over the world are getting into eSports and helping its growth.

Firdaus 'MasterRamen' Hashim, manager of the Arrow Gaming also pointed out the position that they are in:

"With the help from the Minister our chances to receive the visa is higher. Me and Johnny received our visas. However, the other 4 were not so lucky. Valve will also provide us with a stronger letter of invitation to the embassy. So yes, we are hopeful about the second interview. We haven't talked about what will happen if our applications were denied a second time. Valve pretty much guaranteed to help us the best they can to bring our team to Seattle."

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