New Delhi: As if spending a night on the road was not agonising enough, special athletes participating in the Asia Pacific Deaf Games in Chinese Taipei were left humiliated once again when their passports were confiscated for non-payment of hotel bills even though the Sports Ministry has now stepped in to diffuse the crisis.

Forty one athletes and 12 officials were supposed to take part in the Games but in final count only 27 actually travelled to Taoyuan for the event which began on October 3.