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The FIFA Scandal Is A Mirror Of Deeper Failures In Malaysian Football

The recent FIFA penalties imposed on the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) are not merely a sporting embarrassment they are a glaring symptom of the long-rooted institutional rot that has plagued Malaysian football for too long

2025-11-21 01:40:43 0 Comment 29315 view

FIFA, Politics, And The Weaponisation Of Sport: A Geopolitical Look At Malaysia's Football Scandal

The recent turbulence surrounding Malaysian football has raised eyebrows far beyond the stadiums and boardrooms of the sport

2025-11-14 10:39:46 0 Comment 24807 view

From 1MDB to FAM: Malaysia’s Endless Talent For Self-Inflicted Shame

As if the 1MDB scandal hadn’t already dragged Malaysia’s name through enough international mud, along comes the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), seemingly eager to compete for a similar kind of global infamy

2025-11-14 10:27:39 0 Comment 11586 view

Kledang Saiong Forest Reserve To Be Turned Into A ‘Timber Producing Factory’?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-If we were to drive up north from Kuala Lumpur, about 2 hours later, we would be greeted by an awful sight of limestone hills being defaced and scarred with quarrying activities. One would get a nightmarish feeling of having literally driven into a limestone hill and buried deep in rocks and debris.

2023-02-11 14:32:19 0 Comment 121412 view

The Chagossians Want Their Islands Back

WASHINGTON, U.S.--When Olivier Bancoult boarded the ship that was to take him 1,000 miles across the Indian Ocean to the Chagos Archipelago—his childhood home, from which he and his fellow islanders had been expelled 50 years earlier—he carried five wrought-iron crosses. 

2022-07-04 01:56:20 0 Comment 127831 view

A Reformed UMNO?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--A reformed Umno — and how is that even plausible? Two buddies, a Malay and non-Malay (age late 60s) retorted when I broached the subject.

2022-02-06 14:43:19 0 Comment 130975 view

The Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve (KLFNR): A case of privatising profits and socialising costs?

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia--The Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism (C4 Center) backs the call for Selangor Menteri Besar (MB) Amirudin Shari to come clean and explain the shocking decision to degazette and destroy 536.7 hectares (865 football fields) of one of the last remaining peat swamp forests in southern Selangor.

2021-09-02 15:56:33 0 Comment 148316 view

FLCCC Alliance Statement on the Irregular Actions of Public Health Agencies and the Widespread Disinformation Campaign Against Ivermectin

For too long the WHO and other public health authorities have ignored effective treatments like Ivermectin and the peer-reviewed science that supports it to help end this pandemic. We felt compelled to tell the public, our peers, and our colleagues the reasons why this is happening and what they can do about it.

2021-07-24 16:00:49 0 Comment 155880 view

M-League, MHL to begin next month

KUALA LUMPUR: The wait is almost over for football and hockey fans in Malaysia now that the Malaysia League (M-League) and Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) are set to be held next month.

2021-02-10 07:29:14 0 Comment 143945 view