The Football Association of Malaysia were reminded to
conduct a transparent investigation with regards to the fracas that occurred in
the abandoned FA Cup match between Johor Darul Takzim and Terengganu t-Team
last Saturday.
And the reminder came from the head honcho of FAM,
Sultan Ahmad Shah who is the president of FAM on Tuesday morning.
FAM Secretary General Dato Hamidin Mohd Amin had an
audience with the Sultan to brief him on the Larkin incident as well as the
Disciplinary Board findings against alleged bribery of the Kuala Lumpur team.
“Tuanku reminded FAM to conduct investigations based
on the regulations governing the sport as adopted by FAM,” said Hamidon.
“He reminded us not to show fear or favour to any
party and conduct any investigation required within our purview to get to the
truth of the matter.
“Tuanku also viewed the bribery allegations with
concern and asked that no stone be left unturned in order to get to the bottom
of the matter.”
Hamidin said that he has held discussions with the
Chairman of the Competitions Committee Dato Apandi Hamzah as well as the
Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee Dato Taufik Abdul Razak.
The Competitions Committee will meet on Thursday
morning to go through the various reports submitted.
“We have received reports from the two teams, the
match commissioner, the general coordinator as well as the match officials,”
said Hamidin.
“We intend to call all parties to the meeting and hear
their side of the story besides reviewing video footage that is provided to
FAM.
“We have to areas that we need to look at. Firstly to
decide on the outcome of the match, whether to award it to any of the teams or
order a reply.
“Next is the question of the incident in the tunnel
which has received a lot of publicity and I am told that police reports were
also lodged.
“We will leave it to the police to look into the
alleged incidents as we are only confoning ourselves to footballing matters as
well as incidents that come under our purview with regards to the rules and
regulations governing the M-League.”
Hamidin added that if there were any party that were
found guilty of contravening the regulations, they will then be referred to the
Disciplinary Board.
“Thus I do hope that all speculations be stopped and
let the relevant committees so their job in accordance with the set
regulations,” added Hamidin.
