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UPDATE (March 25, 3.15pm): Tunku Ismail Ibrahim resigns as FA of Malaysia president. -- UPDATE (March 17, 9.52am): As of late last night, it's status quo at Wisma FAM. Tunku Ismail Ibrahim remains as president as "no resignation letter was submitted". Insiders say Tunku Ismail was "very disturbed and feels unappreciated following critical comments, especially on social media, about the national team's FIFA ranking despite the many other achievements (as listed in the original post below) throughout his close to one year stint in office". -- UPDATE (March 16, 8.25am) : FA of Malaysia general-secretary Datuk Hamidin Amin said:  "Sudah tentu jika kita membiarkan Tunku Ismail meletak jawatan, kita juga akan kehilangan penaja dan saya sendiri tidak dapat membayangkan siapa yang layak untuk menggantikan tempat baginda sebagai Presiden FAM." Read his full statement here . -- UPDATE (March 16, 10.19am): Another FA...

As published in Mailsport today Going Nuts By Graig Nunis LOVE him or hate him — and there are quite a large number in the latter camp — there is no denying Tunku Ismail Ibrahim always speaks his mind. There are those who enjoy his views, especially when he blasts FA of Malaysia (FAM), but there are others who feel he has a tendency to go over the top in words and deeds. More often than not, he escapes sanction because of his position although he did receive a slap on the wrist in March 2013 when he was handed a six-month suspension from all football activities and fined RM18,000 for breaching Article 88 of the Statute 2010-2014 and criticising the quality of referees in the M-League. The crown prince of Johor who is more popularly known as TMJ, nonetheless, still CONTINUED attending Johor FA functions without a peep from FAM. For those not in the know, under Article 88 only the FAM president and secretary-general are allowed to talk to the media on pol...