The New Bullet Card For Soccer

Lurker

0 likes 27 Dec 2007

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian referee took out his gun and fired warning shots in the air after a local soccer match turned unruly following the suspension of a player, a newspaper said Tuesday.

The referee, who was also a policeman, ran to his patrol car to get his gun after players mobbed him for showing the red-card to one of them, the New Straits Times said.

"We are investigating as to whether the policeman was justified in taking out his firearm and discharging it, and also why he had it with him during the match," it quoted Hussin Ismail, police chief in the southern Johor state, as saying.

The policemen was taken into custody for suspected misuse of firearms.

Five players, aged between 23 and 40, were also being held for questioning and could be charged for rioting, the paper said.

(Reporting by Jalil Hamid, Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

nicola

Matriarch

0 likes 27 Dec 2007

He'll probably get fired for his actions laughing9

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Lurker

0 likes 27 Dec 2007

I feel this could be a "shot in the arm" for the sport. evil4

Deadly

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0 likes 28 Dec 2007

I doubt it will have much effect. Some years ago, two teams with a very long history of strong competitiveness between them were playing in northern Italy - each team represented their village. The referee made a call that one team objected to - a spectator produced a pistol and shot at the ref. He dropped to the ground produced a gun from under his shirt and returned fire. By the time everything was ended and cleared up - three people went to hospital with bullet wounds, the referee, both linesmen, two spectators, and six players had to appear before a local judge and a soccer association tribunal to explain why they had taken firearms into the grounds. The players and officials had been racing around the field with the pistols under their shirts. A dim view of the event was taken by all the authorities involved. the next year, those two village teams were in different competition groups.

fystee

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0 likes 30 Dec 2007

deadly, stop posting such boring shit sleepy2

your posts are soooooo long.....people are just bored.4XkPs7ByMqB0fs41 sleepy4

It is always so long and complicated with you.....sheesh! Just get to the point for once! thumbup