Editing Labuan Paintball Association (section)

== History ==

=== Background ===

Labuan is a Malaysian federal territory located off the coast of Sabah in East Malaysia.

The Labuan Paintball Association was identified as a regional paintball organisation during efforts to establish a national governing body for paintball in February 2010.[1]

The circumstances of the association's establishment, including its founders, registration date and early activities, have not yet been documented.

=== Malaysian Paintball Federation formation ===

In February 2010, Malaysian paintball organisers initiated a formal process to establish the [[Malaysian Paintball Federation]].

The proposed federation was intended to bring together state and regional paintball associations, clubs, referees, tournament organisers, equipment suppliers and commercial field operators.

Its stated objectives included recognition of paintball as a sport, clarification of regulations affecting paintball equipment, development of safety standards and support for grassroots participation.[1]

A public hearing concerning the federation's formation was scheduled for 25 February 2010 at the National Sports Institute in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.

The hearing was associated with Malaysia's Sports Commissioner's Office.

=== Proposed Labuan representative ===

Before the public hearing, [[Paul Lam|Paul WY Lam]] prepared a proposed interim committee consisting of representatives from different sectors of the Malaysian paintball community.

The proposal included representatives of regional paintball associations alongside equipment suppliers, tournament promoters, referees and field operators.

The Labuan Paintball Association's nominated representative was '''Supian bin Ibrahim'''.[1]

The proposed committee was submitted to the Sports Commissioner's Office on 25 February 2010 and subsequently published by [[Allan Phang]].

The original announcement stated that proposed appointments were subject to the acceptance of the individuals invited.

Consequently, Supian bin Ibrahim's inclusion establishes his nomination as the association's representative, but does not establish that he accepted the appointment or subsequently served on the national federation committee.

=== Provisional committee announcement ===

Following the public hearing, the federation organisers published the membership of a selected provisional steering committee on 27 February 2010.[1]

The committee included representatives of several Malaysian paintball associations and clubs.

However, Supian bin Ibrahim was not named among the selected officeholders or additional committee members.

The Labuan Paintball Association was also not separately identified in the published committee list.

The available records therefore establish the association's inclusion in the original federation proposal, but not its representation on the subsequently selected provisional committee.

The surviving announcement does not explain why the proposed Labuan representative was not included.