KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain has been sued by two policemen who accused him of assaulting them at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in September.

Lance Corporals Muhammad Ekmal Sofwan Dirman and Mohamad Faiz Muhamad Saman filed the suit at the Sepang Sessions Court yesterday, naming the Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (MCBA) director-general as the sole defendant.

Their lawyers, Kamal Hisham Ja'afar and Muhammad Nor Tamrin, said the suit was filed against Shuhaily in his personal capacity, without naming the government as a defendant.

They said the suit involved four causes of action, namely false imprisonment, assault, battery and defamation.