FIFA released a 63-page report in November, detailing the reasons for rejecting FAM’s appeal.
According to the report, FAM and the players used forged or falsified birth certificates of the players’ grandparents to secure their eligibility to play for the national team.
Based on copies of their birth certificates FAM submitted to FIFA, the grandparents were stated to have been born in places in Malaysia, such as Penang, Melaka, Johor and Sarawak.
The same report stated that Arrocha played in the match against Cape Verde. Arrocha, Garces, Holgado, Figueiredo and Iraurgui played in the game against Singapore, with Figueiredo getting on the scoresheet.
Meanwhile, Arrocha, Holgado and Figueiredo played in the match against Palestine, with Figueiredo scoring the only goal.
FIFA also said that it would launch a formal investigation into FAM’s internal operations to identify those responsible for the falsification of documents.
FAM said on Tuesday that an independent investigation committee was unable to conclusively determine whether the eligibility documents submitted to FIFA were forged, citing investigative limitations. It was also unable to identify those responsible.
The investigation committee has urged FAM to lodge a police report to allow for a full criminal investigation, local media reported.
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