Malaysian Police Stop Cases Of Alleged Sexual Harassment Of Female Journalists

Illustration of sexual harassment. (Freepic-Rawpixel-com)

JAKARTA - The alleged sexual harassment of a female journalist during the campaign for the interim election of the state of Sungai Bakap, Malaysia last July was stopped. The police stopped the investigation after the case was declared NFA or SP3. NF3 was issued by the office of the deputy public prosecutor (DPP) of Malaysia. "The police received information from the DPP office that the case was classified as NFA," said Penang Datuk Police Chief Hamzah Ahmad when contacted by Bernama, Tuesday, August 20. Previously, the Malaysian police said they were compiling a case file for alleged sexual harassment of female journalists to transfer it to the DPP as a follow-up. The sexual harassment allegedly occurred in the area of the Khairat Council of the Small River, Malaysia on July 3. At that time, a female jurbalis was covering a program involving the Deputy Prime Minister who is also the president of UMNO, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Allegations of sexual harassment are said to be widely known to the media crew who are covering. According to him, a man claiming to be a cadre of a political party was arrested.