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Syamsul Haris: UTM Palapes cadet death
Three Palapes instructors face a joint charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder (Penal Code s.304(a) with s.34) and have pleaded not guilty. The case has been moved from the Kota Tinggi Sessions Court to the Johor Baru High Court.
- Category
- Crime
- Since
- 28 Jul 2025
- Last update
- Aug 2026
- Next
- Trial at Johor Baru High Court
Timeline
- Cadet Syamsul Haris Shamsudin, 22, died while on reserve officer training at the army combat training centre in Ulu Tiram, Johor.
- The Shah Alam High Court let his mother have the body exhumed for a second post-mortem, and Bukit Aman took over the investigation the next day.
- The second post-mortem reportedly found severe neck injuries inflicted while he was still alive.
- Police reclassified the case as murder.
- Three instructors, Maj Mohd Azmi Abu Bakar, Capt Muhammad Bahauddin and WO Mohd Norbuangani Mislan, claimed trial in Kota Tinggi to a joint s.304(a) charge and were each bailed at RM20,000.
- The case was transferred to the Johor Baru High Court.