"Kobe Bryant, Joakim Noah and Roger McDowell are not any different from many people in our society who use offensive language like that on a daily basis, " said Jarrod Chin of the Society for the Study of Sport in Society at Boston's Northeastern University.
Later, however, Chief Justice Eusoff Chin overruled Paul, issuing a circular reminding judges of Section 8 of the National Language Act, which states that all court proceedings must be in Bahasa Malaysia.