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Soccer-Malaysian player faces SEA Games exit over spitting spat

SINGAPORE, June 1 (Reuters) - Malaysian midfielder Mohd Nazmi Faiz Mansor could be kicked out of the Southeast Asian Games after being sent off in the opening 1-0 win over East Timor for spitting at an opponent.

"It's a disgrace to commit this kind of mistake and I have told him that I'm not finished with him yet," Malaysian coach Ong Kim Swee was quoted as saying by Malaysian media on Monday.

"We have to wait for the disciplinary committee to decide on his punishment in the next one or two days before I decide on further punishments.