Kuantan FA officials, players demand outstanding wages

KUANTAN: The officials and players of Kuantan FA have urged the team’s management to take immediate action and help resolve their 13- month salary arrears, which has been going on for almost three years.

Rizal Budiman, a spokesman for the former officials and players, claimed that nothing had been done to resolve the long-standing issue although they had repeatedly raised the matter with the team’s management.

“The problem began in 2016. We were owed two months’ salary but the players and officials did not take any action as the management had promised to look into the matter.

“But until this year the arrears have exceeded 12 months and there no words from the management,” he said at a press conference on Thursday.

Kuantan FA’s former assistant goalkeeper coach Mohd Rosfaizul Mohd Azuar Ali said they had informed the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) of their plight earlier this year.

“At that time, only six players lodged a report as the rest believed the management’s promise that it would settle the arrears,” he said.

He claimed that following FAM’s intervention, only the six players’ salary arrears were paid in full while the other 15 players were only paid two months’ arrears.

He said a police report had been lodged regarding the matter. — Bernama