Ziyad Zolkefli urges Malaysians to not throw abuse at Ukraine’s gold medalist Maksym Koval.
“Dia pun ada perasaan macam saya, dia pun lemah macam saya.” – He says the Ukrainian is just like him, have feelings and is weak physically.
Malaysian poured their anger at the Ukrainian and the Ukraine embassy in Kuala Lumpur forcing a temporary closure of its social media pages.
Ziyad won the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics but he was disqualified after the Ukrainian protested.
