PETALING JAYA: The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) will leave it to the police to investigate and charge their enforcement officer if he is found guilty of sexually harassing cosmetics entrepreneur Nur Sajat.
Jais director Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad said the department lodged a police report on Sajat’s allegations in January.
“It is up to the police to charge my officer if he is guilty. Why would I defend someone who is in the wrong,” he told FMT when contacted.
He also asked Sajat, who has been granted asylum in Australia, to come forward to prove the sexual harassment allegations.
“She can come back to Malaysia to lodge a police report, or any kind of report.
“She made the claims, so she needs to prove them. When people accuse without evidence, others may deny (the accusations) without proof too,” he said.
In an interview with the New York Times recently, Sajat said her mother, who had also witnessed the alleged sexual harassment, reprimanded the officer for his actions at the time.
According to Sajat, the alleged incident happened in January when she was called to Jais. Her family members and friends were also asked to meet the officer, who claimed he had received public complaints against her.
She claimed that during the questioning, three men assaulted and molested her before she was thrown into a male detention centre overnight.
In February this year Sajat fled Malaysia and was believed to have crossed the border into Thailand.
On Sept 20, it was reported that Sajat was arrested by Thai immigration and was found guilty by a court for illegally entering the country and subsequently released on bail.
Following that report, Malaysian police said the foreign ministry and the attorney-general’s office were making efforts to bring Sajat back from Thailand.
Yesterday, however, she revealed that she had been staying in Australia over the last month. - FMT
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