Malaysian football chiefs quit after scandal over foreign-born players | OneFootball

The entire executive committee of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) resigned on Wednesday amid a scandal triggered by the use of falsified documents to register foreign players to represent the national team in the Asian Cup Qualifiers.

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“The resignations are to preserve the reputation and institutional interests of the association and mitigate the risk of other adverse consequences that may affect Malaysian football as a whole,” the interim president of the entity, Yusoff Mahadi, told reporters.

In September, FIFA suspended seven foreign players for a year and fined FAM $400,000 (2 million reais) for presenting false certificates to justify their Malaysian origin.

The case was investigated following a complaint after Malaysia's 4-0 victory over Vietnam in a Qualifiers match in June.

FAM appealed the penalties, but a FIFA committee rejected the appeal and issued a severe report criticizing the association for “not taking visible disciplinary actions.”

Subsequently, the Malaysian football federation appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland, where the case is pending.

*With content from AFP

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