THE former prison inmate who accused three former cellmates of beating him and forcing him to perform sex acts on them was on Thursday made out to be a bully himself.

This other side to the 22-year-old accuser was painted by inmate Lutfi Subagio, who once shared a cell with him.

Lutfi, a witness for the prosecution, said the victim had demanded oral sex from him before, but that he refused to do it. Instead, he masturbated him.

Lutfi was cross-examined by Mohammed Zameen Abdul Manoff, one of the three accused, on Day 4 of trial.

Zameen, 21, along with Iryan Abdul Karim, 21 and Muhammad Hamdan Abdul Rahman, 20, face charges for physically and sexually assaulting their ex-cellmate between April 27 and May 4 last year.

The injuries landed the victim in hospital for two months.

The trio, who are conducting their own defence, admit beating him up but said he had willingly offered to perform oral sex on them.

On Thursday, five inmates from neighbouring cells testified that they heard the victim shouting during the beatings.

When Muhamad Solikin, Lutfi's brother, took the stand, Zameen asked him whether his brother had been bullied by the victim.

Solikin confirmed that his brother told him about being bullied by his two cellmates - Zameen who strangled him, and the victim who demanded sexual favours.

Read the full report in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.