Sexual Harassment Archives

4 August 2026

Malaysia

Sexual Harassment Under-Reported In Malaysia’s Medical Profession: Doctors

Senior doctors say sexual harassment is under-reported in Malaysia's medical profession and that senior consultants are especially powerful in the public sector. Two doctors have personally witnessed or received requests for help over sexual harassment.

30 July 2026

Malaysia

Warisan Leader Questions Double Standards In Handling Sexual Harassment Claims In Hospitals

Warisan's Istefan Koh asks why a Kota Kinabalu hospital director was allowed to work for a year after a sexual harassment complaint, compared to a cardiac hospital in KL that placed an HOD on leave immediately after the first sexual harassment complaint.

30 July 2026

Malaysia

Cardiac Hospital HOD Faces Two Sexual Harassment Allegations

An HOD at a cardiac centre in KL has been accused of sexual harassment by at least two women – a cardiothoracic surgery trainee and a nurse – who lodged reports last May. KL police have probed the cases and referred them to Bukit Aman’s legal division.

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.

24 December 2024

Malaysia

MMC Removes Psychiatrist From Medical Register After Suspension For Sexually Harassing Patient

MMC has removed a psychiatrist from the medical register, due to a one-year suspension for sexually harassing his patient. But MMC has yet to issue a public notice on its website about his suspension, after the Nov 19 judgement by its disciplinary board.

20 March 2024

Letter

Poison Pen Letters On Bullying, Sexual Harassment Show Doctors Distrust The System — MMA

MMA says poison pen letters by doctors on bullying or sexual harassment are likely because they distrust the system. In a Sept 2023 case of bullying in a Sabah public hospital, complainants said bullying persisted despite MMA forwarding the matter to MOH.

20 March 2023

Malaysia

Housemen At Sungai Buloh Hospital’s O&G Department Allege Severe Bullying, Sexual Harassment

House officers at Sungai Buloh Hospital's OB-GYN department accuse medical officers of perpetrating a "tradition" of bullying in the department, including sexual harassment, sexist slurs, and denial of annual leave and meal and rest breaks.

Tag: Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment Under-Reported In Malaysia’s Medical Profession: Doctors

Warisan Leader Questions Double Standards In Handling Sexual Harassment Claims In Hospitals

Cardiac Hospital HOD Faces Two Sexual Harassment Allegations

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

MMC Removes Psychiatrist From Medical Register After Suspension For Sexually Harassing Patient

Poison Pen Letters On Bullying, Sexual Harassment Show Doctors Distrust The System — MMA

Housemen At Sungai Buloh Hospital’s O&G Department Allege Severe Bullying, Sexual Harassment

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