One of the main football clubs in Malaysia has announced that he will not join the Charity Shieldthe season-opening match on Friday, after a series of attacks suffered by players in recent days in the country.
He Selangor FCwhose end Faisal Halim remains in intensive care with fourth-degree burns after being doused with acid in a shopping center at the weekend, said in a statement: “After much thought, and after discussions with all parties, the club regrets not to participate” in the game .
Before this attack, another player from the Malaysian team, Akhyar Rashidwas beaten with an iron by two people who stole money from him in front of his house in the eastern state of Terrenganu.
And since then, the former Malaysian international Safiq Rahimthat plays on Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT), current champion for whom Selangor FC He was due to be arraigned Friday, was threatened with a hammer Tuesday by two men who broke the back window of his car.
The motives for these attacks are unknown, and the police are still trying to establish if they are related, but they have already taken the President of the Malaysian Football Association, Hamidin Mohamad Aminto urge the country’s prominent footballers to take precautions to ensure their safety, including hiring bodyguards.
The match scheduled for Friday between JDT and Selangor, who finished 2nd in the last championship, is unlikely to take place, confirmed in AFP Stuart Ramalingampresident of the Football League Malaysia. “But all other games will be played. No other club has asked to postpone a game or announced they won’t play.”
Source: La Verdad
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