Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has explained the decision to only sell tickets for the SEA Games football final between Malaysia and Thailand at two stadiums, instead of doing it online.

“We intended for some (tickets) to be sold online. That was the practice for all games before the final.

“However, last night I was told that the online payment gateway provider could not guarantee a stable process because of volume,” Khairy said in a series of postings on Twitter last night...