00:00A former DAP assemblyman has slammed Hannah Yeo for saying she was waiting for a response from the home minister over the naturalization of seven national players.
00:11P. Ramasamy said the youth and sports minister knew very well that Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had told the Dewan Rakyat he used his discretionary powers to grant the players citizenship and had defended the decision by saying all seven successfully passed the Basa Melayu language requirement.
00:28In a statement, the former Parai assemblyman said Yeo should not pretend that she is unaware of the role of the home ministry in the granting of citizenship to the seven foreign players.
00:40Yeo said on Wednesday that any criminal elements in the Football Association of Malaysia scandal came under the purview of the home ministry.
00:49She also said that she had reached out to Saifuddin and was waiting for updates, but Ramasamy said there was nothing for Yeo to gain by contacting Saifuddin.
00:59He also accused Yeo of being completely oblivious to what was happening in the Malaysian football scene, saying she should have been proactive on the matter of forgery and fraud of FAM exposed by FIFA.
01:12FAM and the seven naturalized Malaysian footballers were penalized by FIFA in September for submitting falsified documents on the players' eligibility before Malaysia's 2027 Asian Cup qualifier against Vietnam on June 10th.
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