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Punishment
FIFA
to the Malaysian Football Association (
FAM
) and seven naturalized players for the Malaysian national team were rated lower than they should be.
On September 26, FIFA punished FAM with a fine of 350,000 Swiss francs or the equivalent of IDR 7.3 billion for alleged use of fake documents.
Meanwhile, the seven naturalized Malaysian players involved were fined 2,000 Swiss francs and banned from playing for 12 months.
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In the news
Daily News
, the FIFA Appeals Committee stated that the principle of ‘non reformatio in peius’ prevented FAM and the seven naturalized players from receiving heavier punishment.
“In fact, the Committee would like to emphasize that if it were not for the principle of ‘non reformatio in peius’ in Article 63.4 FDC, the punishment would have been more severe than that imposed in the first instance,” FIFA said in the Appeals Committee’s full reasons document.
Reformatio in peius means ‘change for the worse’.Namely a condition where the appellant is in a worse position if he does not appeal.
While obeying
Metro
, the FIFA Appeals Committee’s explanatory letter shows the world football body’s ‘anger’ towards FAM and the seven naturalized players.
This is because the appeal process revealed many important aspects, such as the behavior of the players, especially regarding their negligence in the naturalization process.
Among other things, players signed documents without reading the contents and in some cases they failed to check genealogy records.
At the same time, they show no interest in understanding the process or asking the agent after submitting the documents.
In addition, despite being punished, the players did not ask FAM, their agents or their families for an explanation.The FIFA Appeals Committee sees this attitude as an indication that the players are aware that the procedures carried out were incorrect.
During the trial process, the players continued to claim that their grandparents were born in Malaysia, even though evidence showed otherwise.
These players also failed to explain why they believed they could represent Malaysia without having any real ties to the country.
FAM itself admits several mistakes, but they are considered less serious in their actions.The steps taken by FAM so far are considered only for publicity purposes.
In fact, punishing the Secretary General of FAM who is considered responsible for this case is in the eyes of FIFA an unclear decision and lacks credibility.The reason is, the parties involved continue to appear at important events.
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