Here is an update as of yesterday:
"The match started with everything seemingly as normal as it should in the first 45 seconds of the first round until the engineer from Manufacturer of the Protective Scoring System (PSS), LaJust, saw something unusual about the way the Chinese Taipei player was scoring and the look of her socks. At this point he asked the center referee to stop the match to check the special socks that are worn by all the players when using the electronic system.
As requested by the engineer, the referee stopped the match to check the players socks when he noticed that the Chinese Taipei player had illegally added 2 extra sensors to the heal of her socks
After a lengthy review and assessment of the evidence and talking with the LaJust engineer, the center referee in the match and receiving their signed affidavit of the incident the illegal act committed by the Chinese Taipei they gave a chance to the President of the Chinese Taipei Taekwondo Associations and Head of the Team to present their side of this reprehensible episode of manipulation of the Rules & Regulations.
After listening to the Chinese Taipei officials and taking into consideration that this act may have been the work of a few and the rights of other athletes from Chinese Taipei team, the WTF appointed Technical Delegate and the Competition Supervisory Board decided to only ban the player and the 2 coach involved and not the whole Chinese Taipei team from the remaining of the championship and make the following recommendation to the Asian Taekwondo Union:
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* The Chinese Taipei player, coaches to be banned until their case is heard by the World Taekwondo Federation Ethics Committee.
* The Chinese Taipei Taekwondo Association and its officials to be investigated further by the WTF Ethics Committee and the proper punishment be handed down for the incident to stop any future attempts to manipulate the WTF Competition Rules & Regulations."
Budomart (Taiwan), which supplies electronic socks made by South Korea-based Lajust to Taiwans taekwondo team, said that according to the World Taekwondo Federations (WTFs) website, both old and new models can be used at official taekwondo events until May 17, 2012.
After Taiwans Yang Shu-chun was disqualified from the Asian Games on Wednesday for using extra sensors in her electronic socks, some media reported that the old version of the socks had been banned from competitions since July.
The older version of the footgear has sensors that adhere to the surface of the sock while in the new version, the sensors are sewn into the sock.
Budomart stressed in its statement that the WTF has sent messages to its members saying that certified Lajust brand electronic socks, even if they are old models, can continue to be used.
It said the electronic socks made by Lajust have been certified by the Asian Taekwondo Union for use in all World Taekwondo Federation competitions, including the ongoing Asian Games.
On claims by WTF officials that Yang added electronic sensors to her heels, Budomart said the old model socks have an extra sensor pad on the heel, which can be seen in the instruction booklet provided with the footgear.
On Thursday, WTF Secretary-General Yang Jin-suk said at a press conference in Guangzhou that Lajust had never made a product with a sensor on the back of the shoe and accused Yang of trimming other pads to fit the heel location.
The manufacturers representative also said that out of 12 pairs of electronic socks supplied to Taiwans athletes, Yang and Huang Hsien-yung, who won a gold medal at the Asian Games, used the old models, while the other 10 used the new ones."
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