Scalpers sell football final tickets at 10 times higher, sales suspended

PETALING JAYA: PETALING JAYA: Scalpers are selling tickets to the SEA Games football final match at up to 10 times their cover prices.
Ticket sales have been suspended after fans turned aggressive while queueing at the Shah Alam stadium. Astro Awani news portal reported that groups of fans broke through barricades forming lines near the ticket sales counter.
This led to a standoff with security personnel, who opted to halt the ticket sales for now.
Fans have been queuing since Sunday night at the Shah Alam Stadium where the final match between Malaysia and Thailand will be held tomorrow.
Supporters brought sleeping bags and even mats to sleep at the stadium grounds.
The ticket counter opened at 11am today. Each buyer was only entitled to purchase five tickets.
Many of the tickets were snapped up in no time and scalpers are putting them up for resale online.
Tickets with cover price of RM21.20 ticket are going as high as RM200. They are also selling out fast.
According to a statement from the KL2017 secretariat, tickets will not be sold online at the KL2017 website.
Malaysia clinched a place in the final after edging Indonesia 1-0 in the semifinals on Saturday night. Thailand booked their final berth after beating Myanmar 1-0.
The bronze medal game between Indonesia and Myanmar will be held at the Selayang Municipal Council Stadium at 4.30pm on Tuesday.