Bukit Aman criminal investigation department director Shuhaily Zain said this was one of the aspects of the investigation into the attacks on footballers Akhyar Rashid, Faisal Halim and Safiq Rahim.
“The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) found that the accusations made against FAM last month were baseless,” he said at a media conference at the Bukit Aman police headquarters.
He added that the police will probe if dissatisfaction with MACC’s findings was what prompted certain parties to take out their frustration on the national players.
Early last month, a poison-pen letter went viral on social media accusing FAM of fraud, abuse of power, mismanaging funds, discrepancies in salaries and benefits, as well as issues with the Harimau Malaya squad and the national training centre (NTC) project.
Subsequently, the media quoted MACC sources as saying that they had not found any irregularities or corruption in the case involving the NTC.
No political, gang links in attacks
Shuhaily also dismissed claims that the recent attacks on footballers had anything to do with politicians, gangsters or police officers.
“We will brush these (claims) off at this juncture. That’s all speculation for the time being,” he said when asked to comment on the claims circulating on social media.
He also said police have determined that the Instagram account “Imran Suresh”, which was behind some of these claims, was a fake account.
He said the person behind the account had attempted to cast a negative perception of certain parties following the acid attack on Faisal.
Bukit Aman has taken over the investigation into the attacks for better coordination. Shuhaily said that so far, police have only identified the pattern in the three cases — they were committed at two-day intervals.
“The perpetrators came in pairs and tailed their victims before carrying out the attacks. There was some sort of preparation involved,” he said.
Faisal was splashed with acid at a shopping mall in Kota Damansara near here on Sunday and suffered fourth-degree burns, while Akhyar was attacked by two robbers after returning from training last Thursday.
Yesterday, Safiq, a former national team captain, had his car windscreen smashed with a hammer by unknown assailants.
Separately, Shuhaily said police had not closed their investigation into the murder of autistic boy Zayn Rayyan Abdul Matiin.
“I understand that the public is not satisfied with the investigation’s progress, but we have not closed the case.
“If I retire without solving the case, I’ll take that as my failure.”
Shuhaily also said police owed it to the public to solve the arson attack on the home of Beruas MP Ngeh Koo Ham.