Sexual Harassment Cases In Malaysia

The apex court s decision to recognise the tort of sexual harassment is welcomed.

Sexual harassment cases in malaysia. To start with there are no specific laws in malaysia that is made to combat sexual harassment this is not to be confused with sexual assault which is a criminal act. What was the decision about. Punishment for rape according to the penal code section 376 those who committed rape will be punished with imprisonment for a term up to 20 years with whipping. Based on statistics from the royal malaysian police pdrm between 2013 and 2017 out of a total of 1 218 reported sexual harassment cases 79 percent involved victims who were women while 21 percent involved male victims.

The recent case of case of mohd ridzwan abdul razak vs asmah hj mohd nor federal court more popularly known as the tabung haji case opened up a new area in legal redress via tort of sexual harassment. However that doesn t mean offenders in malaysia will get away scot free there are still avenues in which these offenders can be put on trial. For example countries like india and philippines have special bills tabled to combat sexual harassment. The rest of the victims were women indeed there have been sexual harassment cases involving male victims.

She said statistics from the royal malaysian police from 2013 to 2017 showed that 257 men had reported being victims of sexual harassment out of the total of 1 218 cases. Sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 years of age with or without her consent is also rape. Royal malaysia police pdrm note. Kuala lumpur sept 9 gender based violence gbv including sexual harassment in the malaysian sports arena is alarming and must be addressed to build a safe and secure space for everyone said all women s action society awam president premalosani arivananthan.

If you need help call the wao hotline at 603 7956 3488 or sms whatsapp tina at 6018 988 8058. In june 2016 the federal court of malaysia in mohd ridzwan abdul razak v asmah hj mohd nor made a landmark decision in introducing the tort of sexual harassment into our legal and judicial system. Sexual harassment cases has increased since mco in a statement by awam bandar utama adun jamaliah jamaluddin and kampung tunku adun yb lim yi wei received racist sexist threats and violent threats of rape and murder via facebook.