FOOTBALL: M-League teams owe players RM4.3m in wages
As published in Mailsport today By Nicolas Anil and R. Loheswar mmsports@mmail.com.my KUALA LUMPUR — It was a press conference to announce 21 players had not been paid salaries totalling RM4,397,000 but instead it revealed how Armed Forces made their players sign two contracts so they could pay less income tax, Employees Provident Fund ( EPF) and Social Security Organisation ( Socso). The official contract follows the rules and regulations but the one with the club, said to be a mutual understanding between the Forces and the players meant they were under-declaring their income, thus affecting how much they contributed to EPF, income tax and Socso. The players were told they had no choice but to sign the club contracts and they greedily went along with the deception as they thought they could pocket the extra cash without repercussions. That backfired spectacularly as the 15 players have not been paid for six months till their contracts ...