Malaysian Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim suffered fourth-degree burns after being doused with acid in a shopping mall last weekend, reacts well
after a skin graft, a manager of his club announced on Friday.
Several Malaysian footballers have been victims of attacks in recent days as the football season kicks off this weekend.
“Everything looks good and promising”
Faisal Halim, 26, a Selangor FC and Malaysia winger (32 caps), was attacked last week at a shopping mall outside the capital Kuala Lumpur.
He underwent a three-hour allogeneic skin graft on different burned parts of his body last night
said Shahril Mokhtar, vice-president of Selangor FC, one of the best clubs in the country.
He reacts well
but the next few days will be critical as doctors must monitor the response to reconstructive surgery
said the manager, adding that the footballer would remain in intensive care and would have to undergo a final allograft of a piece of skin flown from Belgium. Nevertheless, everything looks good and promising
he added.
Before the attack, another Malaysian national team player, Akhyar Rashid, was beaten with an iron bar by two people who stole money from him outside his home in the eastern state of Terrenganu.
And since then, former Malaysian international Safiq Rahim, who plays for Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT), the reigning champion club, was threatened on Tuesday with a hammer by two men who shattered the rear window of his car.
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The motives for the attacks are not known, and police are still investigating whether they are linked, but they have already prompted Malaysian Football Association president Hamidin Mohamad Amin to urge the country’s best-known footballers to take action. precautions to ensure their safety, including hiring bodyguards.
The football season was scheduled to begin on Friday with the Charity Shield, a curtain-raiser between Selangor and JDT, but Selangor withdrew from participating after this series of attacks.
