A police officer will be investigated over allegations of uttering inappropriate remarks to a cosplayer who was attempting to lodge a report on harassment and stalking.
Petaling Jaya district police chief Mohamad Fakhruddin Abdul Hamid said that the police personnel involved will be investigated for a disciplinary infraction.
“We will also release a statement (on the matter) soon,” he told Malaysiakini.
Yesterday, a female cosplayer who ran a booth at the Anime Fest at Paradigm Mall over the weekend to interact with fans, lodged a police report at the Kelana Jaya police station against a stalker.
According to her police report sighted by Malaysiakini, the social media content creator said that she was harassed at her booth by someone who had attended the event on both days.
Upon lodging the report, the complainant alleged in a tweet that the male police personnel remarked: “You dress like this to sell photographs. This is the consequence (of doing so). You are in the wrong too”.
Cosplaying - a portmanteau of “costumes” and “play” - involves people dressing up in costumes resembling cartoon or videogame characters.
The 21-year-old claimed that she was wearing a jacket to hide her costume when she lodged the report.
Malaysiakini has also reached out to the organiser of the event for comment. - Mkini
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