PETALING JAYA: The National Registration Department (NRD) had affirmed that all due legal procedures were followed in granting citizenship certificates to the seven mixed heritage players for the Malaysia national football team.
In a witness statement dated Sept 19, which was made public by Johor Regent Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, the department’s director-general, Badrul Hisham Aliass said the NRD had verified the applicants’ lineage through documentation from Malaysia as well as foreign records from Argentina, Brazil and Spain.
