KUALA LUMPUR: A Kuala Lumpur Military University pupil pleaded not responsible and sought trial on Friday (Nov 8) on fees of willfully hurting his son with a tire iron final month.
Cadet officer Amirul Iskandar Norhanizan, 22, is accused of inflicting accidents by urgent a heated steam iron on the chest of 20-year-old Muhammad Salman Mohd Saiful Surash after asking the latter to iron his garments.
The two are college students of the National Defense University of Malaysia (UPNM).
Photos of burn marks on Mr Muhammad Salman’s physique have been going viral on social media since October 30.
According to the New Straits Times, Amirul dedicated the crime at 11.45pm in a dormitory on the UPNM Military Training Academy on October 22. The 20-year-old sufferer then filed a police report in regards to the incident on Nov. 1, based on the outlet. common.
“I plead not responsible,” Amirul, who was unrepresented, reportedly mentioned earlier than Sessions Court decide Egusra Ali after the cost was learn to him.
If discovered responsible, Amirul – charged beneath part 324 of the penal code – might be jailed for as much as 10 years, fined and/or caned.
Judge Egusra Ali granted him bail of RM20,000 (US$4,560) in two sureties and stuck December 27 for case administration.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohd Sabri Othman initially urged the court docket to set bail at RM30,000 citing the gravity of Amirul’s alleged crime.
“The scorching steam iron was pressed onto the sufferer and he suffered a second diploma burn on the best aspect of his chest. Testimonies proving the crime will embody prosecution witnesses from his hostel mates, UPNM officers and coaches.
“I request that the accused not method the witnesses or contact them to debate the case,” Mohd Sabri mentioned.
After listening to Mr Mohd Sabri’s criticism, Amirul requested for decrease bail as his dad and mom are state pensioners and he’s nonetheless a pupil.
“I promise to be current at each court docket continuing,” the 22-year-old advised the New Straits Times, to which the court docket accepted a decrease bail.
Inspector General of Police Razarudin Husain had earlier mentioned that Amirul allegedly grabbed a steam iron and pressed it on the best aspect of his sufferer’s chest after asking him to iron his garments. He added that the incident was allegedly witnessed by a number of different aged individuals within the room and shocked the sufferer, as he screamed in ache.
Police had additionally seized the iron as a part of the investigation and had to this point recorded statements from 16 individuals, together with medical officers, college employees, cadet officers and coaches, the New Straits Times reported.
MEASURES AND RULES TO CONTAIN BULLYING
On November 7, nationwide information company Bernama reported that the Ministry of Defense will introduce measures and laws to curb bullying that might trigger harm or dying amongst college students on the navy college.
According to Deputy Defense Minister Adly Zahari, a key enchancment is to strengthen safety by growing the variety of guards supervising college students, making certain higher consideration to their well-being.
“We have zero tolerance for bullying in larger schooling establishments… We acknowledge the necessity to strengthen bonds between gatekeepers and college students by growing the variety of gatekeepers,” Adly mentioned at a Malaysian Armed Forces occasion.
