On June 25, 2024, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) fined Selangor FC RM100,000 and docked three points from the club as a punishment for backing out of the Charity Shield match with Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) on May 10.
As a result:
The move was met with anger by Selangor’s Sultan Sharafudin Idris Shah Alhaj, who warned that the MFL should be “careful in making a decision”. He also said:
Several state assemblymen (Adun) have also offered to pay the fine. Those who have spoken up included:
Why did Selangor FC withdraw from the Charity Shield match?
Selangor FC withdrew from the 2024 Charity Shield match scheduled for May 10 following an attack on one of its players and threats made against the team in the span of two days. Selangor FC's star winger, Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim, was one of three players from Super League clubs that were attacked in the same week.
What prompted the attack remains unclear. Faisal suffered severe skin burning from an acid attack perpetrated by a man in dark clothes and fully-covered helmet, who ran off on a bike manned by an accomplice. The attack took place while Faisal was walking towards his car with his family, who just came back from shopping.
The police have not ruled out the possibility that all the incidents involving the footballers were linked.
Selangor FC, known as the Red Giants and is of the most decorated local football clubs, requested for the Charity Shield match to be postponed to a later date, but was ignored by the Malaysian Football League governing body. MFL instead awarded Johor Darul Ta'zim a walkover and the cup.
What have Selangor leaders said about this matter so far?
https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2024/06/26/all-you-need-to-know-about-selangor-fcs-fine-why-the-sultan-is-angry-and-who-are-the-aduns-backing-the-club/141622
Created by savemalaysia | Jun 29, 2024
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