KUALA LUMPUR – Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh wants to ensure national footballer Faisal Halim fully recovers before he returns to the pitch.
She is convinced the 27-year-old Selangor FC winger, who was the victim of an acid attack, is determined to return to action, but does not want Faisal to rush back.
“I want to make sure that he takes his time to recuperate until full recovery before trooping out on the pitch because I think football will wait for Faisal.
“I hope he doesn’t rush it, he must ensure he is fully healed because football needs him,” she said after presenting prizes to winners of the e-sports tournament for the elderly, Boomers2Gamers, here today.
Faisal, affectionately known as Mickey to fans, suffered fourth degree burns in an acid attack by an unknown assailant at a shopping centre in Petaling Jaya on May 5.
Making his first appearance in public since the incident at a press conference today, he admitted that he missed the action but has to focus on the road to recovery first. – June 13, 2024