Abdul Hadi Abdul Khattab Explained

Abdul Hadi Abdul Khattab
Birth Date:1952/1953
Allegiance:Malaysia
Branch:Royal Malaysian Air Force
Rank:Brigadier General

Brigadier General (R) Datuk Abdul Hadi bin Abdul Khatab (born) is a former armed forces personnel serving with the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF).

Abdul Hadi Abdul Khattab joined the People's Justice Party (PKR) on 24 May 2012.

Forced retirement

Abdul Hadi Abdul Khattab was one of the parties held responsible for the disappearance of two jet engines from the Sungai Besi Airbase in 2007. The engines were later found in a warehouse in Uruguay.

Abdul Hadi Abdul Khattab was charged under the clause 4 and 5 PMAT Number 1, 1975, and discharged from military service under Section 9 of the Federal Armed Forces Act 1972. He was dishonorably discharged under said act for failing to comply with military conduct resulting in negligence.[1]

Testimonies from his peers made during the court case were not favorable.[2]

Abdul Hadi was one of five high-ranking officers who were charged with negligence and forced to retire. They later sued the Armed Forces Council over their dismissal.[3] The suit was dismissed by a judge as "frivolous".[4]

Notes and References

  1. Teo Say Eng, Colonel Wan Normazlan. ["Military Legal Proceedings in Malaysia"], LexisNexis, Kuala Lumpur,, 2009.
  2. Web site: Askar Setia: SIAPA SEBENARNYA BRIGADIER JENERAL DATO' ABDUL HADI BIN ABDUL KHATAB (Bersara)? SIRI 1. 8 June 2012.
  3. SANA. "Malaysia Air Force Officers Sue Government Over Missing Jet Engines Found in Uruguay", South Atlantic News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, 3 May 2010. Retrieved on 26 March 2013.
  4. Web site: Missing jet engines: 5 ex-RMAF officers' wrongful dismissal suit struck off (Update) The Star.