PAHANG: A military personnel holding the rank of a corporal in the Malaysian Army was arrested on Tuesday (Mar 31) after allegedly assaulting seven junior soldiers at the Royal Malay Regiment camp in Bentong, leaving a 24-year-old victim unconscious and in critical condition.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the 37-year-old corporal allegedly punched, struck, and kicked the victims on several parts of their bodies, said Bentong district police chief Superintendent Zaiham Mohd Kahar.
Further investigations by the Malaysian Armed Forces found that the corporal had used physical force after being dissatisfied with the way the victims cleaned the weapons store.
“One of the victims, aged 24, was reported to have lost consciousness and is still receiving treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Temerloh,” Zaiham said in a statement on Wednesday night.
“The victim remains unconscious and requires respiratory assistance.”
The remaining six victims, aged between 19 and 22, have been sent to Hospital Bentong for examination and are in stable condition, reported local news outlet Free Malaysia Today (FMT).