The anti-corruption watchdog said the structure, scope, and timeline for the independent committee formed by FAM to investigate the issue must also be made public.
“Transparency cannot be partial. Second, accountability must be pursued wherever the evidence leads,” TI-M president Raymon Ram said in a statement this morning.
He said if individuals within or connected to FAM facilitated or approved forged documents, they must be held fully responsible no matter their position.
Yesterday, the Tunku Mahkota Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, called for FAM to take full responsibility in the controversy surrounding allegations that falsified documents were submitted to Fifa on the issue of seven naturalised players.
Tunku Ismail said he did not agree with the suspension of FAM general secretary Noor Azman Rahman to allow the independent committee to carry out its investigation, adding that many others were involved in signing the players.
On Friday, the Center to Combat Corruption and Cronyism criticised the manner in which FAM handled the scandal, saying it underscores a “disturbing” lack of accountability at the highest level of the body.
Fifa had said that contrary to documents submitted by FAM claiming that the grandparents of the seven players were born in Malaysia, its own investigation found original records indicating that they were born in Spain, Argentina, Brazil and the Netherlands.
C4 said FAM’s response to the scandal was only to blame a “technical error” on an administrative staff, suspend Noor Azman, and establish a yet-to-be-named “independent committee” to investigate the matter nearly a month after the scandal broke.
Raymon said the scandal has struck a nerve because it mirrors a wider pattern of opaque decision-making, weak institutional safeguards, and unwillingness to accept responsibility.
“The issue is not just whether rules were broken, it is how those entrusted to uphold them are responding. Defensiveness is not accountability,” he said.
He said the home ministry’s discretionary powers in granting such citizenship must be examined, and the naturalisation framework for athletes reviewed and reformed.
“Let us be clear: this controversy is more than a sports scandal. It is a reflection of systemic vulnerabilities, where rules can be bent, due diligence ignored, and accountability delayed,” he said.