Selangor ruler consents to audience with FAM president

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Hamidin Mohd Amin said today that Selangor ruler Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has approved his request for an audience.

Hamidin (above) said this was communicated to him by the ruler’s private secretary Mohamad Munir Bani yesterday afternoon.

“I received a phone call from Datuk (Mohamad) Munir at around 2.30pm on Friday, a day after I sent a letter requesting an audience with His Royal Highness the Sultan of Selangor.

“His Royal Highness has instructed him (Munir) to accept the request for an audience following the letter I sent to Istana Bukit Kayangan, Shah Alam, on Thursday afternoon,” he told the media in Kuala Lumpur.

The Fifa council member said the audience would only be held after July 7.

“InsyaAllah, if all goes well, the date for the audience with the Sultan of Selangor will be set after July 7, once His Royal Highness returns from Sarawak and completes the official duties and events he needs to attend,” he said.

On Wednesday, Sultan Sharafuddin expressed his displeasure with the decision made by the Malaysian Football League (MFL) against Selangor FC the day before.

This came after the MFL imposed penalties of a RM100,000 fine, compensation payments to Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) and MFL, a three-point deduction in the 2024/2025 Super League, and ordered the Match Week 14 Super League game between Selangor FC and JDT at the Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) Stadium to be played without spectators.

The penalties were due to Selangor FC’s failure to attend the season-opening Charity Shield match against JDT at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium, Iskandar Puteri, Johor, on May 10.

However, on Thursday, the MFL reduced the fine from RM100,000 to RM60,000 and cancelled the three-point deduction.

Additionally, the ban on spectators for the Match Week 14 Super League game between Selangor FC and JDT at MBPJ Stadium was lifted, but the compensation payments to JDT as the home team for the Charity Shield match and to the MFL were maintained.

On Thursday, Hamidin informed the media that he had sent a letter requesting an audience with Sultan Sharafuddin regarding the ruler’s reprimand.

- Bernama

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