Zii Jia settles out of court against former coach Indra Wijaya

Lee Zii Jia and his former coach Indra Wijaya have finally put their long-standing dispute to bed after agreeing to an amicable out of court settlement.

The issue arose after Team LZJ had prematurely terminated the Indonesian coach’s contract in November 2022, which was originally supposed to run until the Paris Olympics this year.

Indra, who left the Badminton Association of Malaysia to join Lee, went on to claim his dismissal as unfair and was understood to pursue legal action against Team LZJ, before both parties decided on this out of court settlement.

The contents of Indra’s statement are:

1. In relation to the claim filed by Mr. Indra Widjaja (“Indra”) against LZJ Management Sdn Bhd (“LZJ Management”), parties are pleased to inform that they have agreed to an amicable out of court resolution.

2. The parting of ways between LZJ management and Indra was borne purely out of consideration by team LZJ on LZJ philosophies, methods of coaching and training

3. The parting of ways between LZJ management and Indra has no bearing on Indra’s methods of coaching and performance under the contract of employment; and

4. Parties hope there would be no speculations or assumptions in relation to this matter and wish each other well in their respective professional careers.