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Don't switch to S'pore: TAIWAN'S top cuesports official has warned pool double world champion Wu Chia-ching (nicknamed 'The Little Genius') that there will be 'serious consequences' if the player takes up Singapore citizenship. Wu has to return $39,600 reward if he takes up citizenship.

For starters, Wu, one of the island's most famous pool players, stands to lose NT$900,000 (S$39,600), said Mr Tu Yung-hui, president of the Taiwan Pool and Billiards Association (CTBA). If he switches nationalities, the association wants him to return the money, which was given to him as a reward when he won the World 9-Ball Championship and the World 8-Ball Championship in 2005. His playing opportunities would also be limited over the next two years. Under international rules, Mr Tu said, the 20-year-old would be ineligible for this year's World Championships as well as the Asian Games in Guangzhou next year.