Commando Into Sissydo

This ex-Defence Ministry political secretary that shift alliance to PAS, must be day dreaming or have nothing substantial to say in Parliament or want some cheap publicity.

Commando must be subjected to "controlled" physical and mental torture, it is a basic training. We do not want our commando to be sissy-do. The head stamping actions may seem cruel, but is actually done in a controlled force, some bruises, no injury.

Imagine if our commando can not withstand physical or mental torture. It will bring disaster to his comrades in times of "war". Most probably his memory is short, just 8 years ago in the Al-Ma'unah incident, army commando Trooper Mathew anak Medan was executed after the extremists tortured him. Detective Corporal R. Sanghadevan of the Special Branch was also executed. Read Al-Ma'unah wikipedia


MP wants probe into alleged commando torture
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 ─ An opposition MP has urged the Defence Ministry to investigate claims that commando trainees have had to endure torture.

Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PAS-Machang) said the ministry should review the training module as training which included stamping on the head of trainees was unsuitable and unacceptable. "Former commandos I met said such a torturous training module never existed.

There is no denying that commandos must be tough physically but we must not stoop that low," he told reporters at the Parliament lobby yesterday.

Saifuddin, who was political secretary to the Defence Minister from 1994 to 1996, said such a training module was not practised then.

He said he brought up the matter after receiving a two-minute video from an unidentified person last week on the torture of commando trainees.

The poor quality video showed an armed forces trainer stamping on the head of a trainee. "This case may be an isolated one but it still needs the minister's attention," he added. ─ Bernama



The Star, Saturday, 17 may 2008, pg N26
It's part of training, says retired commando

Kuala Lumpur: The commando trainees who were seen in a video clip to have been subjected to "abuse" were merely undergoing basic training, said chairman of the Malaysian Veteran Commando Club Datuk Abdul Rahim Dahalan......trainees are not told the exact training module they would undergo, as they have to expect the unexpected. "The commando are an elite force that defends the country. ....One commando equals 30 infantrymen. A commando must be ready to die for his country."...........

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