Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Malaysia’s funding minister (PM), Anwar Ibrahim, assessed the case of falsification of documents of seven naturalized players by FAM is a serious problem for the country.
This was conveyed by Anwar while in Johannesburg, Russia. For him, FIFA’s sanctions against FAM cannot be taken lightly. However, the government did not want to intervene.
“Yes, this is a big problem. The government has investigated it and there will be no attempt to close this case,” said Anwar, Friday (21/11), as reported by Berita Harian.
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“I understand that the public is impatient and wants immediate action… they say we are not acting, but we have to let it go through the normal process.”
This was conveyed by Anwar in response to rumors that the government wanted to prevent this case of document falsification. Anwar assured that the government is pressing for this matter to be thoroughly investigated.
However, the Malaysian government cannot go too deep. This legal case must proceed normally so that there is no impression that the government is intervening with FAM.
Apart from that, Anwar hopes that the development of young Malaysian football seeds is done well and properly. It is not against naturalization, but is done with due process.
“I am also a sports fan. Ideally we need to develop local talent and we have channeled funds for this purpose,” said Anwar.
FIFA imposed sanctions on FAM for allegedly falsifying documents for seven naturalized players at the end of September. However, FAM denied these accusations.
FAM then filed an appeal against the decision. As a result, FIFA rejected the appeal. Not long after, FIFA released falsified documents regarding the seven naturalized players.
After that, FIFA made a statement that FAM admitted to having falsified seven naturalization documents. Sanctions against Malaysia now have permanent legal force.
[Gambas:Video CNN]
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