High Court upholds RM1mil award to ex-manager for constructive dismissal

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Judge says Wong Jun Kit was entitled to treat himself as terminated after his stepmother, the managing director, reduced his salary without justification.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/07/23/high-court-upholds-rm1mil-award-to-ex-manager-for-constructive-dismissal  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/07/23/mahkamah-kekal-pampasan-rm1-juta-kepada-bekas-pengurus  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://Ábit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #HighCourtKL #ExManager #WongJunKiat

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00:00The High Court has upheld a 1 million ringgit compensation award in favor of a manager ruling

00:05he was wrongfully dismissed from a family-run company after challenging his late father's

00:10will.

00:11Justice Hayatul Akmal Abdul Aziz said, Wong forklift higher-end services in Riyan Berhad

00:16failed to meet legal requirements for judicial review and did not dispute the facts or relationships

00:21involved.

00:22Hayatul Sid Industrial Court Chairman Deepar Malingam did not err in finding that Wong

00:26Junquiat had been constructively dismissed from the company.

00:30She said the company had arbitrarily reduced Wong's salary, failed to pay wages for February

00:34and March 2019, and did not remit EPF or Percaso contributions.

00:39Hayatul added that Wong was given no work without justification, which he took as being put in

00:43cold storage.

00:45She said Wong was entitled to walk out of his employment, having met all the criteria under

00:49the contract test to establish a constructive dismissal.

00:53In his award, Paramalingam found that Wong's stepmother, Sim Fu Yok, had unilaterally slashed

00:58his salary from RM27,500 to RM6,000 as retaliation for Wong challenging his father's will.

01:05Wong was awarded RM550,000 in compensation, RM660,000 in back wages, subject to a deduction

01:12of RM198,000 on account of post-dismissal earnings, and RM6,000 in costs, though the company

01:18has since filed an appeal against the decision.

01:23Don't try Jeriza, FMT.

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