Kuala Lumpur –
A Malaysian top footballer is responding “well” after undergoing a three-hour skin graft procedure, a sports official said on Friday, following an acid attack that left the player in intensive care and shocked the country.
The attack on Selangor FC and Malaysian winger Faisal Halim at a shopping center outside Kuala Lumpur last week marred the planned kick-off of the country’s football season this weekend after a series of violent incidents involving players.
Faisal was left with fourth-degree burns that hampered his movement and speech. He was attacked just days after his Malaysian teammate, Akhyar Rashid, was injured in a robbery outside his home in the eastern state of Terengganu.
