Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung says the complainant was reassigned instead of the supervisor, and calls for stronger protection against workplace harassment.
00:00An MP has criticized the handling of a sexual harassment complaint at an electronics factory in Batuburanda, Melaka.
00:08Pataling Jaya MP Lee Chian Chung said the case involved a female union member who alleged that her supervisor had touched and hugged her without consent and on one occasion pulled her bra strap.
00:20He said the employee lodged a formal complaint with the company's Human Resources Department but claimed that the only action taken was a final warning issued to the supervisor.
00:28Lee said the case, which allegedly began in June, was brought to his attention by the Electronics Industry Employees Union Southern Region, which has been assisting the complainant.
00:55The complainant has since filed a police report, appealed to the Labor Department, and referred the matter to their tribunal under the Sexual Harassment Act 2022.
01:04Lee also asked whether the company had followed its internal due process, claiming that a proper domestic inquiry was not conducted in accordance with standard procedures and urged the Human Resources Ministry to strengthen enforcement and consider an anonymous complaint mechanism.
