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Sexual harassment: People lack awareness of its adverse effect
Sexual harassment is not a crime. Not in Malaysia, not in the UK, not in most jurisdictions in the world. Crimes, like murder, theft and rape, need to be proven beyond reasonable doubt, in order to secure conviction. A crucial
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Varsities´ global rankings among main topics in Parliament today
KUALA LUMPUR: The global rankings of local public and private higher learning institutions according to the Global Higher Education Ranking System will be a hot topic in the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the Dewan Rakyat’s order paper, the issue
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Victim-blamers have empathy, but mostly for perpetrators
WASHINGTON: You may have seen it among your own friends when a high-profile #MeToo case trigger responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual harassment, with men more likely than women to side with an
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Foreign athlete arrested for sexual harassment
SEOUL: South Korean police have arrested a foreign athlete competing at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju for suspected sexual harassment at a nightclub, a South Korean police official said on Sunday. An official at the Gwangju Seobu Police Station
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Sexual harassment: PKR says will not hesitate to take disciplinary action
KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will not hesitate to take disciplinary action in accordance with the party’s rules if police investigations find the allegations of a sexual nature against Sungai Siput MP S.Kesavan to be true, it’s Central Leadership
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Sexual harassment case involving MP S Kesavan on the cards tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: PKR political bureau will be discussing whether to take action or conduct an investigation into the sexual harassment allegation against Sungai Siput MP, S Kesavan. PKR vice-president Zuraida Kamaruddin said the matter would be discussed in the party’s
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Groups: PKR should probe Kesavan for sexual harassment
PUCHONG: Women’s groups today urged PKR to investigate the party’s Sungai Siput MP S Kesavan for allegedly sexually harassing his former aide. Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) said PKR should take the allegations seriously and form an investigation
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Sungai Siput MP: She is the one harassing me
PUCHONG: Sungai Siput MP S Kesavan of PKR acknowledged that he is the MP embroiled in a sexual harassment case following a police report lodged against him. He, however denied the allegation, saying the woman was never his former parliamentary
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Sexual harassment by MP: Cops on the case
PUCHONG: Police have confirmed receiving a report from a former aide to a PKR MP in Perak alleging that she was sexually harassed by the latter. Selangor CID chief SAC Fadzil Ahmat said the report was lodged in Selangor but
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