April 6, 2020 (Zalingei) Dean of the Faculty of Information, University of Al-Geneina, Dr. Faruq Ahmed Yahya was beaten with a hand by an element of the Military Intelligence Division at a petrol station in Zalingei city on Sunday .

Dr. Farouk Yahya told Darfur 24 that the assault was carried out in the tent of the military police and in front of audiences in the center of the city market, during a discussion with a soldier at the gas station, over arrangement of vehicles in the  queue.

” A military  intelligence officer, dressed in civilian clothes, tried to overtake all   vehicles in the queue  to get fuel without observing the arrangement, and when asked him to abide by the system, he lost temper, then asked the military police to take me  to their tent  that located by petrol station, before reaching  the tent, I was beaten at different parts  of my body” added Farouk Yahya.

The university professor  indicated that he had filed a suit  against the officer  at  Zalingei police station.