Changing mindsets: (From left) Ong, Nurul Izzah and managing director of Sunway Integrated Properties Sdn Bhd Sarena Cheah at the launch of the report ‘The Effectiveness of Existing Laws to Prevent and Curb Sexual Harassment’ at Bandar Sunway.
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians will be more driven to report sexual harassment if they are confident that laws will punish offenders and protect the victims, a study revealed.
The Asian Strategy and Leadership Institute (Asli) said fear of safety, trauma, complicated grievance procedure, as well as disbelief in the system or that the situation would not change were among the major hindrances.
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