It’s A Good Thing Malaysian Referees Aren’t Working In America

A Malaysian soccer referee decided to fight fire with a loaded gun when he went all Clint Eastwood on some players and fans after they chased him out of a stadium this weekend over a red card he issued. And we thought hooligans were nuts.

The referee, who was also a policeman, ran to his patrol car to get his gun after players mobbed him for showing the red-card to one of them, the New Straits Times said.

“We are investigating as to whether the policeman was justified in taking out his firearm and discharging it, and also why he had it with him during the match,” it quoted Hussin Ismail, police chief in the southern Johor state, as saying.
The policemen was taken into custody for suspected misuse of firearms.

See Nick, it could have been a lot worse.

Referee pulls out red card, then a gun [Reuters]
Image [Alalam.Ir]