KLIA altercation: Special Branch duo sue MCBA chief Shuhaily for assault, defamation

Two Special Branch policemen have filed a civil lawsuit against Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain for alleged assault, battery, false imprisonment, and defamation after an altercation at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

The lawsuit, pursued at the Sepang Sessions Court, seeks various damages and follows separate criminal charges against Shuhaily for voluntarily causing hurt.

The incident involved the officers documenting Shuhaily confronting a civilian, leading to a claimed physical confrontation and subsequent defamatory statements that allegedly tarnished their professional reputations.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Two Special Branch policemen have filed a civil lawsuit against Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (MCBA) director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain, suing him in his personal capacity for alleged assault, battery, false imprisonment, and defamation following an altercation at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Lance Corporals Muhammad Ekmal Sofwan Dirman and Mohamad Faiz Muhamad Saman initiated the tort action at the Sepang Sessions Court yesterday, naming the border agency chief as the sole defendant while excluding the federal government from the suit, NST reported.

Their counsel, Kamal Hisham Ja'afar and Muhammad Nor Tamrin, confirmed that the action pursues general, special, exemplary, and aggravated damages.

The civil lawsuit escalates the legal scrutiny surrounding Shuhaily, who was charged at the Sepang Magistrate's Court on Oct 21 with two criminal counts of voluntarily causing hurt under Section 323 of the Penal Code. Shuhaily pleaded not guilty to both charges and remains out on court bail.

According to the statement of claim, both plaintiffs were deployed as Travel Control Officers at KLIA Terminal 1 on Sept 28, tasked with security surveillance during Shuhaily's working visit to inspect border entry protocols for arriving Formula One contingents.

At around 1.27pm, the officers allegedly witnessed Shuhaily angrily confronting a civilian during a document check inside an enclosed inspection area near Counter J on Level 5.

Faiz captured photographs of the incident for internal intelligence logs, prompting MCBA deputy director-general for operations Datuk Mohd Nasaruddin M. Nasir to seize the mobile phone before escorting both policemen directly to Shuhaily.

The plaintiffs alleged that upon discovering they were Special Branch personnel, Shuhaily grew incensed, questioned why police intelligence was monitoring MCBA personnel, and initiated a physical confrontation.

In their pleadings, the plaintiffs alleged that Shuhaily headbutted Ekmal four times before turning on Faiz, grabbing both of his ears and violently shaking his head, an ordeal that left them terrified and fearing for their physical safety.

The lawsuit also targets statements made by Shuhaily during a media briefing on Oct 1, accusing him of defaming the two officers by publicly implying that they had deliberately sabotaged border operations and recorded the altercation to tarnish the reputation of the agency and its leadership.

The plaintiffs contended that the remarks damaged their professional integrity and caused severe distress among their peers and families.

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两名特警队警员在吉隆坡国际机场与马来西亚边境管制和保护局局长拿督斯里莫哈末·舒海利·莫哈末·扎因发生争执后，对其提起民事诉讼，指控其犯有殴打、非法监禁和诽谤罪。

该诉讼在雪邦地方法院提起，寻求各种赔偿，此前舒海利还因故意伤人罪被提起刑事诉讼。

事件起因是警员们记录了舒海利与一名平民发生冲突，随后双方发生肢体冲突，舒海利发表了诽谤性言论，据称损害了警员们的职业声誉。

吉隆坡，11 月 5 日讯——两名特别部门警察对马来西亚边境管制和保护机构（MCBA）总监拿督斯里莫哈末·舒海利·莫哈末·扎因提起民事诉讼，指控其在吉隆坡国际机场（KLIA）发生争执后，犯有殴打、非法监禁和诽谤罪。

据《新海峡时报》报道，下士穆罕默德·埃克马尔·索夫万·迪尔曼和穆罕默德·法伊兹·穆罕默德·萨曼昨天在雪邦地方法院提起侵权诉讼，将边境机构负责人列为唯一被告，并将联邦政府排除在诉讼之外。

他们的律师卡迈勒·希沙姆·贾法尔和穆罕默德·诺尔·塔姆林证实，该诉讼寻求一般性损害赔偿、特殊损害赔偿、惩罚性损害赔偿和加重损害赔偿。

这起民事诉讼加剧了对舒海利的法律审查。舒海利于10月21日在雪邦地方法院被控两项刑事罪名，即违反《刑法》第323条故意伤人罪。舒海利对两项指控均不不认罪，目前仍获法院保释。

根据起诉状，两名原告于 9 月 28 日被派往吉隆坡国际机场 1 号航站楼担任旅行管制官员，负责在舒海利的工作访问期间进行安全监视，以检查抵达的一级方程式赛车代表团的边境入境协议。

下午 1 点 27 分左右，据称警员目睹舒海利在 5 楼 J 柜台附近的封闭检查区内进行文件检查时，愤怒地与一名平民对峙。

Faiz 为内部情报记录拍摄了事件照片，促使 MCBA 行动副总监 Datuk Mohd Nasaruddin M. Nasir 没收了手机，然后直接护送两名警察前往舒海利。

原告称，舒海利发现他们是特勤部门人员后勃然大怒，质问警方情报部门为何监视MCBA人员，并挑起了肢体冲突。

原告在诉状中称，舒海利用头撞击埃克马尔四次，然后转而攻击费兹，抓住他的双耳并猛烈摇晃他的头部，这一折磨让他们感到恐惧，并担心自己的人身安全。

该诉讼还针对舒海利在 10 月 1 日的新闻发布会上发表的言论，指控他公开暗示这两名官员故意破坏边境行动并录下冲突过程，以损害该机构及其领导层的声誉，从而诽谤了这两名官员。

原告方认为，这些言论损害了他们的职业操守，并给他们的同行和家人造成了严重的痛苦。

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