RM170 for glory Hockey legend breaks silence on decades-old betrayal - video Dailymotion

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Paraded as sportsman of the year in 1972, M Mahendran got only a pittance of his RM5,000 prize.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highlight/2025/09/04/rm170-for-glory-hockey-legend-breaks-silence-on-decades-old-betrayal  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Mahendran #HockeyLegend #Sportsman

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00:00He was fated as a national hero, the first and only hockey player ever named Sportsman of the

00:09Year. For his achievements, forward M. Mahindran was promised RM5,000. What he received instead

00:16was just RM170. Decades later, he has finally broken his silence. The rest of the money,

00:25he says, was taken by the Malaysian Hockey Federation. RM2,000 went to a non-sporting

00:31heroes fund, while the balance was supposedly set aside for his 18 national teammates.

00:39None of them ever saw a scent. The glory proved fleeting. Honored one day, forgotten the next.

00:47A recent FMT expose revealed that at least 10 other sporting legends, nine from athletics,

00:53were also denied their promised RM5,000 prizes. For the athletes, now in their twilight years,

01:00the fight is no longer about money. It is about recognition, dignity, and trust. And Mahindran

01:08warns, until the truth is faced, Malaysia risks forgetting those who once carried its flag highest.

01:16Frankie D'Cruz and Natasha Bust, FMT.

RM170 for glory Hockey legend breaks silence on decades-old betrayal

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