The father of a teenage volleyball player who was slapped by her coach said his daughter wishes for the coach to keep his job.

"We have known him for more than five years, as my children have been trained to play volleyball since Year 5," said Abdul Halim Bakar, 50, according to a report by Utusan Malaysia.

He is the father of one of the Malacca volleyball squad players who was slapped by her coach during...