Twenty Myanmar fans, including six women, were assaulted by about 30 people while they were waiting for their bus to go home after cheering for the national team, according to U Ko Thet, chair of the Malaysian branch of the Lovely Heart Blood Donation Organisation.





“Three Myanmar workers were seriously injured, and a Myanmar woman was kicked by the group,” he said on Sunday.

U Ko Thet said his group picked up the Myanmar fans and sent the injured to hospital for treatment. “They didn’t file a police report because they felt there is no effective action in these cases,” he said.

Migrant rights groups urged Malaysian authorities and the Myanmar football federation to protect the security of Myanmar fans at football matches.

At Saturday night’s game, about 5000 Myanmar workers packed Bukit Jalil Stadium to cheer on Myanmar’s national team, which lost 3-0.