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UPDATE (Feb 1):   Funeral / prayer service at Room E, The Association of Kwong Tong Cemetery Management Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Dewan Bahasa. Day 1: Saturday,  Feb 1 Time: 1pm - 10:30pm Day 2: Sunday, Feb 2 Time: 10am - 10:30pm Cremation at Cheras DBKL Crematorium, Jalan Kuari, 56000 Kuala Lumpur Date: Monday, Feb 3 Time: 1pm ----- Malaysia lost another legendary football player when former national midfielder Wong Choong Wah passed away due to a heart attack this morning.      The death of Wong at age 67 is all the more saddening as today is the first day of the Chinese New Year.      His contemporary Datuk Soh Chin Aun, also a household name in local and regional football, said he found out about Wong's death from Wong's wife. He said Wong's wife said he suffered a heart attack at home in Sri Petaling here and was rushed to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital at 3 am.      "I'm very shocked, because Wong sti...

As published in The Malay Mail today A LIFE REMEMBERED By Haresh Deol HE was a man who played an instrumental role in Malaysian football. Yet, little has been heard of Raju Nagalinggam (pic). The former school teacher turned football expert who later became a legal eagle, Raju was the first Malaysian to have obtained a football coaching licence from Fifa in 1969. Born on Aug 10, 1940, in Butterworth, Penang, Raju had,   during his younger days, represented Kedah in football and athletics. He went on to teach St Michaels, SMK Keat Hwa and Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Kedah before he was posted to Kuala Lumpur in 1968. Raju then left the Education Ministry to join the Sports Ministry as a sports officer. He spent four months at the Fifa academy in Japan to obtain his coaching license and later underwent a one-month course in Lilleshell, England to obtain the full coaching licence the same year. He was then appointed as coach for the national youth te...