PUTRAJAYA: The Sports Commissioner's Office have given the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) 14 days to reply to a show cause letter regarding Tuesday's crowd trouble at the Shah Alam Stadium.Failure to cheap rs gold provide a satisfactory explanation to the letter, which was sent by Sports Commissioner Datuk Zaiton Othman yesterday, could lead to a suspension under the Sports Development Act.

However, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin urgent all stakeholders not rush to conclusions that a suspension would be inevitable."Football is in a critical state. We have to think of ways to fix it but this action has been thought through deeply," he said in Putrajaya today after a signing ceremony involving five national sport associations under the National Development Sports Programme."I have considered the long-term consequences but we cannot not act in fear of a suspension (by Fifa, football's international governing body)."

But we have to follow due process and let it begin by FAM answering the letter," said Khairy, who added that it has not yet reached a stage where FAM is considered a hindrance to the sport, one of the reason stated in the Act which could lead to a suspension of a sport body.Khairy said similar action against FAM could still have been taken had Tuesday's incident did not happen, when unruly fans threw flares and fired missiles leading to the suspension of a World Cup qualifier which Saudi Arabia led 2-1 over Malaysia until its abandonment in the 88th minutes.

Malaysia's 10-0 thrashing by the United Arab Emirates on Sept 3 in Abu Dhabi and generally poor development of football in the country was reason enough, said Khairy."Our plan was to talk to FAM officials and until what happened on runescape gold Tuesday. I was there with my son watching," he said."But now we wait for their reply and see what the Sports Commissioner decides."Getting the tiger roaring again | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News