He said this was unacceptable, especially as the player fought hard to make Malaysia proud at the prestigious mixed team tournament.

“Keluarga Malaysia (the Malaysian Family) is like a bunch of bananas, some are good, some are bad and some do not know how to use appropriate language in talking about something.

“We are made up of Malays, Chinese, Indians, Kadazans, Ibans and others.

“Do not despise others because of race, skin colour or religion, more so those who are competing to make Malaysia famous,” he told a press conference after visiting a needy family in Kampung Manjoi here today.

The racist remarks made against the player when she played in the semifinals yesterday had been widely shared on social media.

Malaysia lost 3-1 to Japan, thus failing to advance to the final today.

Commenting on the performance of the national shuttlers, Faizal, who is also Tambun MP, said he was impressed with their enthusiasm.

“They promised us they will reach the quarterfinals but made it to the semifinals until all (the people) did not sleep at night watching them play.

“We were eliminated (in the semifinals) but to me they have shown such amazing spirit,” he said. The semifinal tie ended at about 1am today.

Apart from that, he said he hoped that the national badminton players would qualify for the final of the Thomas Cup, which is scheduled to take place from Oct 9 to 17 in Aarhus, Denmark, based on their performance in the Sudirman Cup.

“But what we expect from them is a high level of sportsmanship,” he said.