PETALING JAYA: Former Perak coach Datuk Lim Teong Kim has won his unfair dismissal case against Perak FC Sdn Bhd, with the club ordered to pay him RM1.04mil in compensation.
Industrial Court chairman D. Paramalingam said the award was based on the remaining 16 months of Teong Kim’s two-year contract, which was terminated on May 24, 2023 — just eight months into his tenure.
The 61-year-old, who was earning RM65,000 a month, was sacked mid-season over poor results, but the court ruled the decision “premature and unjustified.”
Paramalingam noted that the club’s finances were already under strain due to its “dwindling fortunes” even before Teong Kim took charge, and that the allegations of misconduct against him were not serious enough to warrant termination.
A former Malaysia international with 60 caps from 1982 to 1996, Teong Kim boasts more than two decades of coaching experience.
He spent 12 years with Bayern Munich’s youth set-up from 2000 to 2012, and later served as head of Malaysia’s National Football Development Programme and coach of the national Under-16 squad.
