[sumo] Delete finger ready- More Asa from today

[Doreen Simmons]

On 2007/09/01, at 17:00, Moti wrote:

> Asa's K-1 fighter brother Sumiazabar was on Mongolian state TV news 
> yesterday. "The treatment here suits him well. His mental state has 
> improved", he said. Asa has yet to face the media or the public after 
> arriving in Mongolia. "My brother is seriously affected mentally, and 
> is in no shape to meet the press or the people just yet. As for the 
> general view in Mongolia that Asa is being persecuted because he's a 
> foreigner- "That is not so".
> The physician who is in charge of his treatment, Mr. Oriole (sp?) was 
> asked about the concrete treatment Asa will undergo. " I cannot say 
> anything".

Quite a long extract (presumably of the same interview) was shown on 
NHK's 7:00 p.m. news just finished. D. Sumiyabazar was quoted as saying 
that he thought the Kyokai's actions  were not unreasonable and that 
the Mongolian media should give the Mongolian people correct 
information about the matter. He added that through sumo (and therefore 
the Kyokai) young Mongolians were given opportunities to be successful 
in Japan. It was a very nice piece of damage control. (Caveat: this was 
translated from Mongolian into Japanese and from Japanese into 
English.)

His wife and children and his parents had not joined him at the time of 
the broadcast. (I understand that Shoryu's parents are not in good 
health and that Tamir's parents have some problems as yet unconfirmed.)

Doreen Simmons
  jz8d-smmn at asahi-net.or.jp