COMMENT | Dear Mr Prime Minister,

While you were preparing to bask in the company of Donald Trump and rub shoulders with world leaders, your aides may have missed - or deliberately overlooked - a scandal that eclipsed even the impromptu dancing on the tarmac of Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

From The Guardian in the UK to The Globe and Mail in Canada, from Taipei Times to Deccan Herald in India, one word described our beloved nation: “Cheats.”

The Independent reported: “Fifa accused Malaysia of submitting ‘fraudulent documentation’ to suggest that several of its foreign-born players were eligible to compete for the country, which amounted to ‘pure and simple, a form of cheating.’”

The BBC echoed: “Fifa accuses Malaysia of faking foreign-born players' eligibility.” Even CBS, a network that rarely covers football (or soccer as the Americans call it), headlined: “Fifa accuses Malaysia FA of using 'doctored documentation' to field ineligible players.”

This, Mr Prime Minister, is the...