Fifa slams FAM for ‘shielding’ officials behind falsified documents

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Fifa says FAM’s actions suggest a lack of accountability and raise serious concerns about the organisation's governance.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/11/18/fifa-slams-fam-for-shielding-officials-behind-falsified-documents  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/11/18/fifa-bidas-fam-lindungi-pegawai-di-sebalik-dokumen-palsu  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

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00:00FIFA's Appeal Committee has criticized the Football Association of Malaysia for shielding

00:06those responsible for submitting falsified birth documents to allow naturalized players to play

00:12for Harimam Malaya. Last month, FAM said the dispute stemmed from an administrative error

00:17after a staff member mistakenly uploaded documents from an agent instead of the official ones issued

00:23by the National Registration Department. When asked if action had been taken against the staff

00:29member, FAM Deputy President S. Siva Sundaram said FAM had yet to identify those involved.

00:36FIFA's Appeal Committee said it was both surprised and disappointed with FAM's failure to identify the

00:42individuals responsible for the tampering, their rank, or their specific roles within the association.

00:49It also highlighted that FAM's lack of discernible disciplinary action shows a serious lack of

00:55accountability and raises serious questions about the association's internal controls and true

01:00commitment to integrity. FIFA has directed its secretariat to notify criminal authorities in

01:07Malaysia, among other countries, to initiate a probe into the falsification of documents involving the

01:13seven naturalized football players. It said it had also directed its secretariat to notify the competent

01:19criminal authorities in Brazil, Argentina, the Netherlands, and Spain. Natasha Bust, FMT.

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