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Malaysian Royal’s Lonely Quest to Defend a Fabrication

Johor Tunku continues to insist international footballers hail from home

Our Correspondent
Nov 06, 2025
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Man with a mission. Photo from Southern Tigers

The Football Association of Malaysia, the country’s national football governing body, appears to be carrying on a hopeless and embarrassing effort to prove the eligibility of seven foreign-born players allegedly hired as ringers to play for the national team, the Malayan Tigers.

On November 4, the FAM announc…

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