KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Employees and college students of Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM) and members of the Malaysian Armed Forces have been advised to not enable a recurrence of the kind of incident that led to Naval Cadet Officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain’s dying.
Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (pic), in describing the incident as a heinous act, stated it ought to function a lesson for UPNM and the Armed Forces.
‘’Zulfarhan Osman’s dying 4 years in the past was very saddening. Because the Defence Minister then, I had instructed the Army Coaching Academy to right away droop 32 cadet officers, in addition to re-evaluate the coaching system and trainee administration within the academy.
“I additionally gave an assurance that nobody can be protected and (allowed to) escape from the regulation,” he stated in a submit on Fb on Wednesday (Nov 3).
He stated UPNM and the Armed Forces ought to study from the jail sentences imposed on six of the scholars who had been discovered responsible of culpable murder, not amounting to homicide, in Zulfarhan Osman’s dying.
“I’ll by no means compromise on acts of crime and cruelty,” he stated.
On Tuesday (Nov 2), the Excessive Courtroom right here sentenced six UPNM college students to 18 years’ jail every after they had been discovered responsible of inflicting Zulfarhan Osman’s dying.
Choose Datuk Azman Abdullah handed down the sentence on Muhammad Akmal Zuhairi Azmal, Muhammad Azamuddin Mad Sofi, Muhammad Najib Mohd Razi, Muhammad Afif Najmudin Azahat, Mohamad Shobirin Sabri and Abdoul Hakeem Mohd Ali.
Of the six accused, 5 had been charged below Part 302 of the Penal Code with murdering Zulfarhan Osman, whereas Abdoul Hakeem was charged below Part 109 of the identical regulation with abetting within the homicide.
They had been charged with committing the act in room 03-05, Jebat dormitory block, UPNM, at Kem Perdana, Sungai Besi between 2.30am and 5.30am on Could 21, 2017 and in room 04-10 between 4.45am and 5.45am on Could 22, 2017.
The choose dominated that though the court docket was happy that Zulfarhan Osman’s killers had dedicated a heartless crime and acted like hardcore criminals by urgent a steam iron to the sufferer’s physique, he couldn’t convict them of homicide because it was not a premeditated killing.
He stated the offence dedicated by the UPNM cadet officers may solely be thought to be manslaughter below Part 304 of the Penal Code, and never homicide below Part 302 of the code.
Part 302 carries a compulsory dying sentence whereas 304 carries an imprisonment for a time period which can prolong to 30 years.
In his judgment, Azman additionally stated there have been 90 burn marks brought on by a scorching steam iron throughout Zulfarhan Osman’s physique aside from his face and the again of his fingers which confirmed how meticulous the accused had been in ensuring the marks went unseen.
Zulfarhan Osman died at Serdang Hospital on June 1, 2017. – Bernama
