Sexual Harassment Law In Malaysia
A sexual harassment law would provide a clear definition of prohibitive conduct and outline the seriousness of the violation.
Sexual harassment law in malaysia. Since 2000 wcc has been spearheading the joint action group for gender equality jag to campaign for a sexual harassment law for malaysia. 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. The first was a claim made by former ceo of magic cheryl yeoh against venture capitalist dave mcclure and next were pictures of men doing obscene acts on the shell cutout lady being shared on social media.
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. An employee of lembaga tabung haji lodged a complaint to the ceo of the company alleging sexual harassment by her supervisor. To start with there are no specific laws in malaysia that is made to combat sexual harassment.
Recently malaysia was shocked by two revelations of obscene physical conduct towards women. And unfortunately shame and silence has allowed sexual harassment in malaysia to thrive. Sexual harassment is covered under part xva employment act 1955 but it has limitations.
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. This article was first published on 9 august. What was the decision about.
What was the decision about.
