Manipuri to English:
ꯏꯪ ꯲꯰꯱꯴ꯗ, ꯁꯤꯡꯒꯥꯄꯣꯔ ꯇꯦꯕꯜ ꯇꯦꯅꯤꯁ ꯑꯦꯁꯣꯁꯤꯌꯦꯁꯟꯒꯤ ꯄ꯭ꯔꯦꯁꯤꯗꯦꯟꯇ ꯂꯤ ꯕꯤ ꯋꯥꯅ ꯋꯥꯊꯣꯛ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯥꯡꯗ ꯊꯕꯛ ꯊꯥꯗꯣꯛꯈꯤ; ꯃꯒꯤ ꯃꯇꯨꯡꯗ ꯂꯥꯛꯄ, ꯑꯦꯂꯦꯟ ꯂꯤꯅ, ꯀꯣꯟꯅ ꯆꯥꯏꯅꯗ ꯄꯣꯛꯄ ꯄꯦꯗꯂꯔ ꯖꯤꯡ ꯖꯤꯌꯥꯟꯒꯤ ꯂꯝ ꯑꯗꯨꯒꯤ ꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏ ꯑꯣꯏꯖꯒꯦ ꯍꯥꯏꯕꯒꯤ ꯍꯥꯏꯖ ꯆꯦꯔꯣꯜ ꯑꯗꯨ ꯌꯥꯈꯤ꯫
In 2014, Singapore Table Tennis Association's president Lee Bee Wah quit over this issue; her successor, Ellen Lee, later favored the application for citizenship of Zeng Jian, a China-born paddler.