Stalking comprises harmful, obsessive behaviours that disrupt the lives of victims and cause extreme distress. Photo: Pixabay
On Apr 14, a woman was stabbed to death by a man believed to be her boyfriend. Although she had made numerous police reports about stalking incidents, including break-ins from the man, the most recent one being a month before her murder, absolutely nothing was done to protect her.
“If stalking was a crime, the man would have been arrested; and the police would have helped the victim get a protection order. This could have saved her life, ” says Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) in a recent statement.
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88% Of Malaysians Surveyed Have Experienced Stalking - But It s Still Not Yet A Crime
The findings were presented by the Women s Aid Organisation to support calls to criminalise stalking.
By Lee Yong Jin â 17 Dec 2020, 06:35 PM
The survey was sent to respondents from 17 September to 19 September.
The aim of the research was to learn how Malaysians have been experiencing acts of stalking and harassment, what they perceive stalking behaviours to be, and the reasons they do not report these incidents.
According to Vase s methodology, there were a total of 1,008 respondents aged 18 and above. They answered the survey in English and Bahasa Melayu.