KUALA LUMPUR :Â Malaysia has abruptly boycotted a two-match football series with Myanmar while expressing solidarity with Rohingya Muslims.
According to international news agency, under 22 football team of Malaysia was scheduled to have two friendship matches with Myanmar which were axed due to violation against Rohingya Muslim.
Officials from the Football Association of Malaysia could not be reached for comment but a senior Malaysian sports official told AFP Thursday that the cancellation was a “political decision”.
Prime Minister Najib Razak in a speech on Thursday at the annual assembly of his ruling United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), strongly condemned the violence against “our Muslim Rohingya brothers” in Buddhist-dominated Myanmar.
