KUALA LUMPUR, April 3 — The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) terminated the services of 20 staff effective today.

FAM secretary-general Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin said in a statement today that the decision to trim the workforce was to reduce the operating cost of FAM and ensure the administration of the association served the right purpose.

"FAM president Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and the Exco agreed to restructure the administration of FAM. The 20 staff whose services were terminated today would receive three months’ salary before April 15,” he said.

He said the restructure exercise would see the departments within the FAM streamlined according to the responsibilities of the department. — Bernama