Government worker claims co-worker pretending to be medic phoned saying she had a sexual disease
Alleged indecent phone calls from a colleague prompted an Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department worker to sue the man with the assistance of the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), according to a writ issued yesterday.
Lam Yuen-kwan, a project worker at the department's experimental Tai Lung farm in Sheung Shui, took out a writ in the District Court against Leung Yip-shing, a supplies assistant, for alleged sexual harassment. She wants an apology and unspecified damages.
Ms Lam and Mr Leung were acquaintances and the supplies assistant had given her pencil sketches he had done around August 2004.
In September, Mr Leung allegedly called Ms Lam's assistant, Wong Shuk-chun, several times, claiming to be a Dr Mok and warning that a female employee at the farm had contracted a serious infectious disease.
He asked Ms Wong if there were any female staff in the department. Ms Wong mentioned Ms Lam, adding she was at the Northern District Hospital for a gynaecological examination. Mr Leung allegedly said Ms Lam was 'at high risk' and must be contacted at once. He thus got Ms Lam's mobile phone number.
Mr Leung, claiming to be a Dr Law, called Ms Lam while she was waiting for an ultrasound scan and said her urine sample revealed she had contracted 'an infectious sexual disease requiring urgent treatment', the writ says.