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Indonesia's human rights body has called for an immediate halt to military training for managers of President Prabowo Subianto's Red and White Cooperatives programme following five deaths during the first ten days of a 45-day training course.
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Malaysia and Bangladesh have pledged to fully activate their defence cooperation agreement, spanning military training, peacekeeping operations, counter-terrorism efforts, and educational exchanges involving over 11,000 Bangladeshi students.
Malaysia's defence minister has demanded an accelerated investigation into deaths during grenade training exercises. The military has halted all related training operations until the probe concludes.
The Malaysian Army has identified two personnel who died in a grenade training explosion at Hobart Camp in Gurun, Kedah. The incident occurred during combat enhancement training on June 16.