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Philippines: The Philippine Football Federation has asked FIFA to investigate allegations that Filipino supporters and players were subject to racist abuse during last week's friendly in Hong Kong, officials said on Thursday
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hilippines: The Philippine Football Federation has asked FIFA to investigate allegations that Filipino supporters and players were subject to racist abuse during last week's friendly in Hong Kong, officials said on Thursday.
The complaint was filed on Tuesday after reports of "physical and racist abuse against Philippine players and supporters," the federation's General Secretary Ed Gastanes said in a statement.
A representative of the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur said Thursday that it had not received any formal complaint and would only be able to investigate or take action if asked to do so by the Philippines or FIFA. The official declined to be identified, citing protocol.
He said he did not have information of any previous racism complaints in Asia. The latest incident comes as FIFA has toughening punishments for racial abuse.
The complaint contains statements from Filipino fans who said they were called "slaves" and that Hong Kong fans threw bottles at them and booed the Philippine national anthem.
