JOHOR BAHRU, Jan 1 -- An army private has sued three superior officers seeking RM250,000 for a slander and abuse allegedly committed at the Tanjung Sepang military post in Sungai Rengit, Kota Tinggi, two months ago which left him deformed.Khanafi Umar, 27, of the Royal Malay Regiment's 10th Battalion filed the suit at the Sessions Court Registry here today through lawyer Lt Col (R) Syed Ismail Syed Omar of Messrs Kamal Hisham & Associates.He named his operations officer Major Norazmi Idris, intelligence officer Capt Saiful Adli Ishak and commanding officer Lt Col Adnaan Mahmod as the first, second and third defendants.Khanafi who came from Sarawak said in his statement of claim that the first and second defendants had summoned him to the headquarters of the Tanjung Sepang Post at about 10pm on Nov 3.There, the first and second defendants had confined him to an office and falsely accused him of raping an illegal immigrant and stealing her belongings during an operation on illegal immigrants.Khanafi said the first and second defendants had also uttered a humiliatingly rough phrase which was "Kau ni Babi, manusia jenis apa kau ni" (You're a pig, what kind of man are you).Besides, he said, he had been stripped naked, ants had been placed on his private parts and a bayonet had been pointed at him to force a confession that he did rape the woman and steal her belongings.His refusal to confess made the first and second defendants to beat and abuse him until 5am.Khanafi that he had been hit with a computer chord, kicked all over the body and punched and slapped on the face and body. His head was banged on the wall and hit with a stick, and he was also forced to eat paper, he added.As a result, Khanafi said he sustained cuts and bruises on the body and had his left hand fractured. He had received treatment at Kota Tinggi Hospital and the military hospital in the Majidee camp.During an assembly at the Tanjung Sepang Post's tactical headquarters on Nov 5, he said, the third defendant had falsely accused him and three colleaques of rape and stealing without conducting any investigation.The third defendant had also told him to withdraw the police report he had lodged and had threatened him with a court martial if he refused or he would be dishonourably discharged.Khanafi said his lawyer had served a notice of demand on the defendants on Dec 22 for an apology and compensation for what they had done but they had refused to do so.Meanwhile, he told reporters at the court compound that he was filing the suit on his own conscience and to give a lesson to superior officers."The Malaysian Defence Forces is a grand and respectable organisation. But because of abuse of power by these individuals, they have indirectly tarnished the forces' image," he said.
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