Police in Pahang, Malaysia, have extended the remand of an army corporal suspected of assaulting seven soldiers in a camp, an incident that left one soldier in critical condition.

Two army corporals in Malaysia have been remanded for three days to assist in the investigation of an assault on fellow soldiers in Sungai Petani.

A Malaysian Army personnel is in critical condition after allegedly being assaulted at the 25th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment camp in Bentong, leading to a corporal's arrest.

Malaysia's former Army Chief Hafizuddeain and his wife are scheduled to face a joint trial on 11 counts of receiving money from illegal activities.