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KUALA LUMPUR: Employers are urged to take seriously the complaints of sexual harassment at work made by their employees.
The Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development stated that employers should investigate. to prove.
"Take the complaint seriously, I think it can happen anywhere, to anyone, and if the complaints are taken lightly, I'm sure the victims will suffer in silence. ", she told reporters after chairing the forum" Women In Dentistry 2018 & # 39; organized by the faculty of dentistry Universiti Teknologi MARA in Sungai Buloh
. Yeoh was responding to reports of sexual harassment involving the head of the orthopedic department at a hospital in the Klang Valley recently.
Commenting further, she said that her department had been discussing complaint investigations with the Ministry of Health. urged the victims in the case to send an e-mail directly to the Minister of Health Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad.
"Several complainants came to us to complain, we will see how serious the complaints are, we encourage more people to come forward, do not be afraid because others have spoken. to hear (more) and I think that there is a need for a sense of urgency on this issue, "she said, adding that the issue would be the subject of a fair inquiry.
Yeoh added that it was the responsibility of the chiefs Yesterday, Dr. Dzulkefly said that an independent body of inquiry comprising representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women Development , family and community and relevant government agencies had been set up to investigate the case.
Meanwhile, in his speech, Yeoh noted that there was a growing number of women in the dental industry.
"The latest statistics from 2017 showed that 68.10 percent of dentists enrolled in the Malaysian Dental Council are women, 31.82 percent or 2,743 practicing men, and the recorded data represent a significant increase of 21.33 percent or 4 percent. 844 dentists compared to 2016. "She also added that there was an improvement in the dentist-patient relationship from one dentist to another. 6,436 people in 2012 to a dentist for 4,297 people by the end of 2016. – Bernama
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