Malaysian badminton star Lee Zii Jia has filed an application at the Kuala Lumpur High Court seeking to restrict his father and sister from making major decisions involving his management company, LZJ Management Sdn Bhd, without court approval.
According to Scoop, Lee filed the application on July 2, seeking an interim injunction against his father, Lee Chee Hin, and sister, Lee Zii Yii, who are both company directors. He wants to prevent them from approving additional payments to him beyond his monthly salary, including bonuses, allowances and directors’ fees, while the case is ongoing.
Lee is also seeking court approval for major corporate decisions, including appointing or removing directors, selling significant company assets and changing the company’s shareholding structure.
Lee wants extraordinary general meeting
Court documents show that Lee owns 90% of the company, while his sister holds 9% and his younger brother owns the remaining 1%. He is also asking the court to order an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to resolve what he describes as a management deadlock.
Lee said an EGM scheduled for December 22 last year failed to proceed due to insufficient attendance. He wants another meeting to be held within 14 days of the court order, with an independent person appointed to chair it. The proposed meeting would discuss changes to the company’s board of directors, the appointment of a company secretary and other corporate matters.
Father and siblings oppose court intervention
However, Lee’s father opposed the application in an affidavit filed on August 6, arguing that court intervention was unnecessary and that the company had continued managing his son’s badminton career as usual. He also highlighted LZJ Management’s four-year sponsorship agreement with Victor, running from 2025 to 2028, saying the partnership was important to the company’s operations and support for Lee’s career.
Lee’s sister and younger brother also jointly denied the allegations and opposed his application. The dispute remains before the court, with the competing claims yet to be decided.
Meanwhile, Lee recently reached the semi-finals of the Arctic Open before losing to Denmark’s Anders Antonsen. He had earlier defeated France’s Christo Popov 21-11, 21-16 in the quarter-finals.
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