KUALA LUMPUR: Police will be questioning Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director-general Admiral Datuk Hamid Mohd Amin tomorrow following allegations of sexual harassment against him.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the investigation will be conducted by Bukit Aman's Classified Crime Investigation Unit at the Putrajaya police headquarters at 2.30pm tomorrow.
The New Straits Times reported yesterday that a woman had lodged a police report alleging sexual harassment against the director-general of an enforcement agency.
The 39-year-old financial consultant claimed she had initiated contact with the individual last year when he was serving in another capacity within the same agency, in order to discuss potential investment prospects.
In her report lodged at a police station in Shah Alam, the woman claimed that the man began making inappropriate remarks during their meeting in his Putrajaya office immediately afterward.
The woman claimed that she did not contact the man, who is in his late 50s, again because she concluded, based on his demeanour, that he had no interest in the investment opportunities she was presenting.
However, she claimed that he continued to text her invitations to hotels and karaoke sessions at night and to spend the night with him.
The woman claimed she ignored the messages but, beginning August this year, things intensified with the man sending messages on WhatsApp, including lewd pictures and videos.
The victim also claimed that she was depressed and suffered a loss of confidence, affecting her work performance.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan had confirmed receiving a report from the victim, adding that the investigation would be conducted by the Classified Crime Investigation Unit.
Yesterday, the MMEA in a statement said the dissemination of the police report was of a personal nature with its own motive.
The allegations, said the agency, would not only tarnish his good name and reputation but also affect his family and the enforcement agency as a whole.
"Therefore, the Director-General's office will cooperate fully and leave it entirely to the police for the investigation," the agency said.