Because if you can’t score in regular play, you go for the penalty shot.
Disgraced former Kuala Lumpur footballer Hafizi Roslee, who was banned for life by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), has turned the tables and dragged the country’s ruling body on all things soccer to court.
Hafizi was banned after he was alleged to have been involved in match-fixing and bribery.
His writ of summon, filed on February 26, named the FAM and the Kuala Lumpur Football Association as first and second defendants, respectively. It’s urging the High Court to nullify the FAM’s decision to ban him for life from all football activities.
Hafizi alleged that the FAM’s action was unconstitutional and done without arbitrary which was a breach of the rules of natural justice and public policy since the FAM had heard his case on Dec 20, last year without his presence.
On Dec 20, the FAM Disciplinary Committee banned Hafizi and four other players – Fadhullah Yunsifar, Phoo Kai Lun, Khairul Anuar Shafie and Jeremy Danker – for life and imposed a fine of RM20,000, for their alleged involvement in match-fixing and bribery.
Apart from the players, Kuala Lumpur coach Stanislav Lieskovsky from Slovakia, assistant manager Rosli Omar and Saari Jani, an official with the team, were also found guilty for a similar charge.
Related: FAM slaps 17 KL footballers on the wrist; RM5000 fine for match-fixing
Photo: The Star Online
Source: Bernama
