24-05-2025
Another case of sexual harassment on bus reported in Melaka
MELAKA: Another case of sexual harassment involving a female undergraduate has surfaced, this time occurring on an express bus journey from Kuala Lumpur to Melaka Sentral bus terminal.
The latest incident involves a 19-year-old university student who was allegedly molested by a foreigner while travelling home from her college in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (May 23).
According to details in her police report, the victim boarded the bus and was seated next to a 39-year-old Bangladeshi.
During the journey, she briefly fell asleep and awoke to the unsettling sensation of someone caressing her right thigh at about 6pm.
The victim confronted the suspect and demanded that he stop touching her. However, he allegedly continued his inappropriate behaviour.
Angered, the victim recorded the act on her mobile phone.
In the 1-minute 40-second video, the victim was heard rebuking the man in English, saying: "I told you so many times to stop touching me and you still continue."
The footage also shows the suspect deliberately placing his left hand on her thigh, and the victim then approached the bus driver and reported the incident.
An assistant driver confronted the suspect, who claimed he had unintentionally touched her while he was asleep and apologised.
He was subsequently instructed to move to a seat at the rear of the bus.
The suspect, a cleaner based in Alor Gajah, was arrested by police officers upon arrival at Melaka Sentral at about 8pm on the same day.
Melaka police chief, Deputy Comm Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar, confirmed the arrest.
The case is being investigated under Section 354 of the Penal Code for outraging the modesty of an individual.
The incident follows another case on Thursday (May 22), in which a 21-year-old undergraduate was allegedly molested by a Pakistani restaurant helper on the staircase of an apartment block in Bukit Beruang.
Melaka Tengah OCPD Asst Comm Christopher Patit, said that the 31-year-old suspect was arrested by officers from Ayer Keroh police station after the victim lodged a report the same day.
