Sabah Archives

21 September 2026

Malaysia

Tribunal Orders Ex-Hospital Director To Pay RM10,000 For Sexual Harassment

The Anti-Sexual Harassment Tribunal (TAGS) has ordered a former Sabah hospital director to pay a doctor RM10,000 compensation for sexual harassment. A doctors' group says the accused perpetrator plans to file a High Court challenge against TAGS' decision.

8 September 2026

Malaysia

How Public-Private-Community Partnership Gets HIV Patients Access To Treatment In Sabah, Sarawak

In Sabah and Sarawak, a partnership model between the government, Sunway Group, and Malaysian AIDS Foundation is helping patients overcome poverty, distance, and transport costs to stay on life-saving HIV treatment.

17 August 2026

Malaysia

Ex-Hospital Director Mulling Legal Action Against Transfer: Lawyer

An ex-hospital director's lawyer says her client is considering legal action against the government over his transfer to JKN Sabah because he wasn't given the right to be heard, nor informed about the findings of an internal probe into sexual harassment.

29 July 2026

Letter

FPMPAM Supports Due Process, Fairness, And Respect For All Parties — FPMPAM

Allegations of sexual harassment, workplace misconduct, or abuse of authority are serious and must be investigated diligently, professionally, and without delay.

27 July 2026

Malaysia

Hospital Director Transferred To JKN Sabah After Sexual Harassment Cases

The hospital director accused of sexually harassing at least two women at a public hospital has been transferred to JKNS. He also filed a police report against one of his alleged victims, a doctor, over her complaint at the Anti-Sexual Harassment Tribunal.

27 July 2026

Malaysia

MOH Clawing Back Critical Allowance Payments From Sexual Harassment Victim

MOH is instituting critical allowance repayments from a doctor who took over 3 months' MC after she was allegedly sexually harassed by her hospital director. MOH's MyHelp took 4 months to address her complaint and merely referred it to hospital management.

24 July 2026

Malaysia

Hospital Director Accused Of Sexually Harassing Second Victim

A Warisan leader has alleged a second sexual harassment victim of the director of a Kota Kinabalu hospital, who filed a complaint in July 2025, before another complainant filed a police report in January 2026 for alleged sexual harassment in October 2025.

14 July 2026

Malaysia

Doctors Now Eligible To Claim Relocation Allowance For Permanent Posts

Dr Dzul says medical officers are now eligible to claim for transfers for permanent positions, starting last June 22. But in the first batch receiving this new benefit, half of those posted to Sabah (19 of 39 doctors) didn't report for duty on June 29.

13 July 2026

Letter

Permanent Appointments Alone Won’t Solve Doctor Retention In Sabah — MMA

Permanency alone may not be sufficient to address the challenge of attracting and retaining doctors in Sabah and Sarawak. More attention should be given to measures that improve long-term retention, including greater flexibility in inter-state transfers.

10 July 2026

Malaysia

Deputy Minister Predicts 50% Doctor No-Shows In Sabah

Deputy Health Minister Hanifah says she expects half of medical officers offered permanent positions in Sabah later this year to reject their offers. Her forecast was based on the June intake, where only 20 of 39 doctors posted to Sabah reported for duty.

Tag: Sabah

Tribunal Orders Ex-Hospital Director To Pay RM10,000 For Sexual Harassment

How Public-Private-Community Partnership Gets HIV Patients Access To Treatment In Sabah, Sarawak

Ex-Hospital Director Mulling Legal Action Against Transfer: Lawyer

FPMPAM Supports Due Process, Fairness, And Respect For All Parties — FPMPAM

Hospital Director Transferred To JKN Sabah After Sexual Harassment Cases

MOH Clawing Back Critical Allowance Payments From Sexual Harassment Victim

Hospital Director Accused Of Sexually Harassing Second Victim

Doctors Now Eligible To Claim Relocation Allowance For Permanent Posts

Permanent Appointments Alone Won’t Solve Doctor Retention In Sabah — MMA

Deputy Minister Predicts 50% Doctor No-Shows In Sabah

Ex-UMMC Radiographer Plans To Sue, Seeks Other Staff With Cancer, Thyroid Problems

Second Red-Bellied Piranha Caught In Klau River: Group

Tribunal Orders Ex-Hospital Director To Pay RM10,000 For Sexual Harassment

Philip Morris Visits Perlis Mufti, Touts ‘Safer’ Cigarettes

Taiping Hospital’s Emergency Department Is Also Drowning — Medical Officer