Yeoh said the code must be adhered to by everyone involved in any sports event, competition or tournament. This will include the parents.

Without referring to any specific case, she said she does not want to see any more incidents of referees, umpires or rival teams being attacked by parents during games.

“I don’t want to see videos where if a child loses, the parents scold the referee, umpire or the opposition team because that is not a safe or healthy sports environment.

“So, next year we will emphasise the implementation of the Safe Sport Code so that everyone who is involved knows their responsibilities, including the children,” she said when met at the inaugural Pink Blitz Touch Rugby Porto 2023 championship at SK Bukit Damansara here today.

Yeoh also said her ministry needs to cooperate with the education ministry to implement the Safe Sport Code in schools, adding that it had come to her knowledge that not all students were aware of the code.

She said all cases reported to her ministry would be brought to the highest committee in charge, which is chaired by deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, and also involves the education and higher education ministries.