Another Abuse Case at National Defence University

SHAH ALAM: Barely three months after the Court of Appeal imposed the death sentence on six former National Defence University – Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) cadets for killing one of their own, another abuse has surfaced there.

The Armed Forces in a release yesterday confirmed that it was nvestigating allegations that a cadet at its Military Academy Wing (ALK) in Sungai Besi was bullied and tortured by a senior. The ALK trained cadets at the university on military matters.

The release was issued after a photo of the student with an iron mark on his chest went viral on social media. The injury was discovered during a routine inspection. It said that investigations were being carried out the ALK-UPNM level.

The release from MAF

L𝗔𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗔𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗥 𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗞𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗧 𝗨𝗣𝗡𝗠 ‘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗞𝗔𝗣 𝗦𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗔’ 𝗗𝗜 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗔𝗟
1. Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) mengambil maklum berkenaan laporan yang tular di media alternatif dan media sosial mengenai insiden seorang Pegawai Kadet Akademi Latihan Ketenteraan – Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (ALK – UPNM) yang disyaki dibuli dan didera oleh seorang ‘senior’nya menggunakan seterika yang ditekap di bahagian dada Pegawai Kadet tersebut sehingga meninggalkan kesan lecur.
2. Susulan itu, ATM mengesahkan bahawa kes tersebut kini sedang dalam siasatan di peringkat ALK – UPNM.
3. ATM menegaskan bahawa siasatan akan dilaksanakan dengan terperinci dan tidak akan melindungi serta berkompromi terhadap mana-mana pihak yang terlibat dengan kes tersebut. Tindakan disiplin yang keras mahupun tindakan undang-undang akan dikenakan kepada pihak yang terlibat jika terbukti bersalah.
4. ATM juga menggesa agar masyarakat memberi ruang kepada ATM menyiasat perkara ini secara tuntas agar keadilan dapat diberikan sepenuhnya kepada pihak yang teraniaya. Selain itu, masyarakat juga diseru agar tidak membuat sebarang spekulasi yang boleh mengganggu kepada proses siasatan tersebut.
5. Segala perkembangan hasil siasatan akan dimaklumkan kepada umum dari semasa ke semasa.
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The death sentence on the six former cadets was imposed after the Court of Appeal allowed the prosecution’s cross-appeal to reinstate Section 302 of the Penal Code – murder charges – initially faced by all the accused.

Former cadets -Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat, Mohamad Shobirin Sabri, and Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali – were originally accused of killing RMN Cadet Officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain seven years ago.

Zulfarhan died from injuries he suffered from the abuse by the accussed. They had placed on burning iron all over his body to make him confess to stealing a lap-top computer.

— Malaysian Defence