“As far as FAM is concerned, we cannot simply release it because we do not want government interference in the association. We are somewhat different from other associations. That is why I do not want such a situation to occur.”

- FAM secretary-general Noor Azman Rahman

COMMENT | The dribbling is below par, the defence invisible, and while they crawl at passing the ball, they sprint at passing the buck.

Now they expect us to swallow that transparency equals interference - proof that the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) plays by its own rules, with a playbook written in bunkum.

When FAM claims that publishing an audit report is government meddling, it confuses oversight with intrusion. In reality, audits are the referee’s whistle of governance - meant to keep play fair, not to dictate tactics. Without them, mismanagement festers in the shadows.

If this is the case, then referees are intruders, scoreboards are spies, and fans should watch blindfolded. It’s a logic so twisted it would make even the weakest defence look solid by comparison.

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