The government confirmed that former Malaysian defence attaché who was convicted of indecently assaulting a New Zealand woman has been officially terminated from military service.

“(Muhammad Rizalman Ismail) has been officially terminated from the service of the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) on Dec 19, 2016,” said Defence Minister Hishamuddin Hussein in a written parliamentary reply.

He was responding to a question by Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik, who had asked whether any further action had been taken against the man since his deportation from New Zealand in November last year.

Rizalman, who also defecated outside the home of the woman, had been sentenced to nine months’ home detention after being found guilty of indecently assaulting a Wellington woman...