‘I want to protect other students’: Malaysian woman in University of Hong Kong sex harassment case on why she spoke up on Facebook
- Former postgraduate student at HKU said she went public with allegations of harassment by a tutor to ensure safety of other students was ‘not jeopardised’
- The tutor, a married man, stopped teaching some time after the woman complained about him to the university, but has begun tutoring at HKU again, she said
The woman, who attended HKU between 2015 and last year, and who only wanted to be known as “L”, spoke to the South China Morning Post and elaborated on the experience she had first posted about on Facebook on May 5.
HKU said it was investigating the allegations in the Facebook post, which had been shared 277 times.
L, who is now working in Malaysia but declined to reveal more personal details, said: “There was relief and catharsis in writing my story but that’s not to say reliving the experience was in any way pleasant.
“But I am seeking redress.”
According to her, the married tutor who was teaching part-time at Prince Philip Dental Hospital had made inappropriate contact with her on multiple occasions between 2015 and 2017. He touched her back, arm and shoulder despite her brushing his hands away, and leered at her chest.
The man had, she claimed, added her on Snapchat after taking her phone and approving his own request. He would ask why she was not wearing a skirt or dress as “he really liked it on me”.