KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 DAP’s Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lim Yi Wei has chided a National Union of The Teaching Profession (NUTP) representative for denying sexual harrassment allegations and the prevalence of rape culture in schools nationwide. “Point-blank denying students’ sexual harassment.
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OUR current legal framework on sexual harassment – the Employment Act, tort of sexual harassment, and the Penal Code offence of outraging modesty – applies to survivors of any gender. However, there are areas where Malaysia’s legal framework on sexual harassment is inadequate, says Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) deputy executive director and advocacy director Yu Ren Chung.
The first is in terms of coverage.
“The Employment Act only covers the workplace, and only applies to Peninsular Malaysia. According to the YouGov survey, only 24% of sexual harassment cases happen at work, ” says Yu.
“Second, cost – the tort of sexual harassment applies to any context, but you need to hire a lawyer which can cost thousands of ringgit. Third, the law doesn’t facilitate preventative measures. Fourth, the Penal Code only covers acts that amount to crimes and that meet criminal evidence standards, ” he adds.
Wednesday, 16 Dec 2020 05:34 PM MYT
BY THASHA JAYAMANOGARAN
Stalking is usually described as the wilful and repeated following, watching or harassing of another person to the point where they feel uncomfortable, unsafe and scared. ― Picture by Gift Habeshaw/Unsplash via Reuters
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 A recent survey conducted by research company Vase.ai and the Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) shows more than a third (36 per cent) of Malaysians have experienced stalking.
The joint effort by WAO and Vase.ai was done to gauge Malaysians’ understanding of stalking, as Malaysia currently has a little data on it, amid growing calls to make the act a crime in the country and provide protection to survivors.
Stalking causes mental and emotional distress and disrupts the lives of victims as well as those around them. Photo: AZMAN GHANI/ The Star
A third of Malaysians (36%) surveyed have experienced stalking that caused them to be afraid; 17% say they experienced stalking that involved actual harm and 12% were stalked and threatened harm. And, they want a law that protects them from being stalked and harassed, a survey by the Women s Aid Organisation (WAO), titled Understanding Malaysians Experiences of Stalking, has revealed.
The survey of 1,008 Malaysians, conducted in September this year, further showed that 88% of Malaysians have experienced acts associated with stalking which included unwanted emails, chats and messages (76%), phone calls (72%), approached at the homes, workplace or school (33%), sent unwanted gifts, flowers or messages (28%) among other acts.