Malaysian badminton player Lee Zii Jia has asked the Kuala Lumpur High Court to bar his father and sister from making major financial and management decisions at LZJ Management, the company set up to run his career and commercial ventures.
The interim injunction application was filed on 2 July and names his father Lee Chee Hin, older sister Lee Zii Yii, younger brother Lee Tao and LZJ Management Sdn Bhd as respondents, The Straits Times reported. Zii Jia, a former All England champion who went independent after parting ways with the Badminton Association of Malaysia, says he owns 90% of the company, with Zii Yii holding 9% and Lee Tao 1%.
Zii Jia wants Chee Hin and Zii Yii, both company directors, blocked from approving directors’ fees, allowances, bonuses or other financial benefits for themselves beyond their monthly salaries while the case runs. He also seeks to restrict decisions on the appointment and removal of directors, the appointment of the company secretary, the disposal of assets, the issuance of new shares and changes in shareholding structures without the court’s permission.
He is asking the court to order LZJ Management to hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on the company’s management and governance. An attempt to convene that meeting on 22 December 2025 failed because of a lack of quorum, he said in a supporting affidavit.
The filing was made mainly to obtain a court order allowing the EGM to go ahead, according to The Star, which spoke to his lawyer Ahmad Zayd Ahmad Zuber of Messrs Faisal & Zayd. An EGM is a meeting called outside a company’s normal annual cycle to deal with specific business, and companies in Malaysia can be required to hold one through a court order when shareholders cannot agree to convene it themselves.
“There are no allegations being made between the parties. It is simply to allow a general meeting to take place,” Ahmad Zayd told the newspaper. He said the application sought only to maintain the status quo until the meeting, with no changes to the company in the meantime. After the December meeting collapsed, Zii Jia explored other avenues, including assistance from the Companies Commission of Malaysia, the lawyer said.
Zii Jia wants the EGM held within 14 days of the court order, or within another period set by the court, and has asked for permission to issue and serve the meeting notice and to appoint an independent chairman.
The respondents are contesting the application. In an affidavit filed on 6 August, Chee Hin disputed the need for court intervention, saying the company had continued to manage matters relating to his son’s professional badminton career. The injunction application is scheduled to be heard at the Kuala Lumpur High Court on 25 November. It is not known whether the court has granted or dismissed the injunction.
