COLD SHOULDER: Argentina’s Luciano Miguel (right) pushes aside Malaysia’s S. Selvaraju during their Sultan Azlan Shah hockey match in Ipoh last night. Malaysia lost 0-5. Selvaraju was among those who did not attend Perak state trials.PERAK will not hand give release letters to players who did not attend their Razak Cup trials last week as they are fed-up of being taken for a ride every year.
The Razak Cup will be held on Aug 2-10 at the Tun Razak Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, and competition rules state that players must represent the state they were born in, and need letters of release if they want to play for another state.
“The Perak HA council decided last year not to give release letters to players who do not even bother to attend our trials, and we will enforce it this year,” said Perak HA deputy president Mohamed Hadi.
The Kuala Lumpur and Negri Sembilan HAs have requested for release letters for several players from Perak, but Hadi said they will not relent this time.
Kuala Lumpur have requested for national player S. Selvaraju, former national goalkeeper Roslan Jamaluddin, and former national players Mohamed Badrulhisham and M. Kaliswaran.
Negri have asked for veteran player Louis Gregory and Mohsin Hamsani.
The Razak Cup will be played on a two-division format, with Singapore the only foreign team.
