00:00Former Penang Deputy Chief Minister P. Ramasamy questioned the Football Association of Malaysia's
00:06earlier dismissal of FIFA's sanctions against FAM and seven foreign-born players as a technical
00:12error. FIFA's full written grounds revealed that the certificates submitted for the players'
00:17eligibility had been forged, contradicting FAM's claim of a procedural mistake.
00:22Ramasamy argued that FIFA, as an international institution, would not make such serious
00:27allegations of document hampering without strong evidence. The players involved are Gabriel Felipe
00:32Arrocha, Facundo Tomás Garce, Rodrigo Julián Olgado, Immanuel Javier Machuca, João Vítor Brandão Figueredo,
00:41John Irazabal Iraungui, and Hector Alejandro Hebel Serrano. FIFA found that the players' ancestral
00:47birth records were altered to change their grandparents' birthplaces from Spain,
00:51Argentina, Brazil, and the Netherlands to Malaysian states like Malacca and Penang.
00:56Ramasamy questioned whether FAM rushed the process without verifying documents with the Home
01:00Ministry and criticized Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail for claiming the naturalization
01:05was in order. He said FAM officials, Saifuddin, and Youth and Sports Minister Hanna Yeo must be
01:11held accountable. Separately, Hanna urged FAM to openly address FIFA's findings and to proceed
01:18transparently with its appeal. Earlier today, FAM maintained it would appeal FIFA's sanctions,
01:23insisting there was no proof of wrongdoing. Danish Rajareza, FMT.
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