KUALA LUMPUR: A university student has lodged a police report claiming that she was sexually assaulted by an unidentified man on a Light Rail Transit (LRT) train at the Masjid Jamek station here on Thursday.
In the 7.50pm incident, the man, who is believed to have been travelling alone, allegedly unzipped his pants, and rubbed his exposed genitals against the student’s buttocks.
The 20-year-old victim, who first related her traumatic experience on the internet, said the incident took place in full view of other passengers on the train who did nothing to help her.
Worst still, she alleges that the man sexually assaulted her twice before fleeing.
“(Other passengers) did (not try) to apprehend the man or stop him. Instead, they just laughed at me,” the victim wrote, expressing disgust over the incident.
She lodged a police report on the same night at the Dang Wang police station.
Dang Wangi district police chief Assistant Commissioner Shaharuddin Abdullah confirmed receiving a report on the alleged sexual assault and assured the public that investigations are ongoing to track down the perpetrator.
“The victim, a polytechnic student, lodged a report… on the same night, at about 10.20pm. Based on the report, she was sexually harassed twice at the Masjid Jamek LRT station premises at about 7.50pm.
“The first (assault occurred) while she was on the escalator at the station, and the second time was on the train,” he said.
Shaharuddin added that in the first incident, the suspect touched the victim’s private part and fled before the victim and her friend were able to react. Her friend, however, managed to film the suspect as he fled from the escalator.
“Following the victim’s report, we have obtained closed circuit television (CCTV) footage from the LRT station, and the case will be handed over to the Federal police's Sexual, Women and Children's Investigation (D11) Department for further action,” he said in a statement.
Social media posts on the incident went viral on the internet after the victim and her friend lodged a report to Prasarana Malaysia Berhad, the operator of the train service.
Translated from Harian Metro