Faisal Halim: Malaysian football club gives update on top player recovering from acid attack

Sign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Malaysian footballer who was severely burnt in an acid attack is recovering well, his club said on Wednesday. Earlier this month Faisal Halim, a top footballer in the Malaysian Super League and winger for the national team, suffered burns to his neck, shoulder, hands and chest after he was attacked with acid at a shopping mall outside Kuala Lumpur. I was told that the skin grafting can only cover 70 per cent of the wounded area, but it was a miracle that he managed to get 100 per cent.” Mr Faisal had a successful three-hour skin allograft surgery on 20 May, which was successful, according to the team doctor Muhammad Hazwan Khair. Besides the attack on Mr Halim which left him in critical condition after being splashed with acid, JDT’s Safiq Rahim had his car windscreen smashed by unknown assailants, while national team player Akhyar Rashid was injured in a robbery outside his home.