'Hunted' Air Force man goes into hiding: Military personnel after a civilian?!

The Air Force sargeant who faces charges of being involved in the 2007 theft of two jet engines has gone into hiding amidst claims that his former colleagues are trying to get a hold on him before his trial commences on Monday.

Tharmendran's lawyer N Surendran said several Air Force personnel - three men and one woman - turned up at the home of Tharmendran's parents in Seremban yesterday asking for Tharmendran (left) to “report to base”.

Surendran told Malaysiakini that the parents, however, said they did not know where their son was after he left their house recently to stay elsewhere.

Surendran said the Air Force must be “seriously disturbed and upset” about the revelations Tharmendran made regarding the ordeal he had gone through after his allegations that he was tortured by military officials during his three-week detention to force him into confessing.