As part of its ongoing advocacy efforts to make stalking a crime in Malaysia, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO) kicked off the #JenayahkanMenghendap awareness campaign in collaboration with 5 key influential figures namely Communications Consultant, Broadcast Journalist & Gender Equality Activist, Tehmina Kaoosji; TV Host and Emcee, Ben Ibrahim; TV Personality, Daphne Iking; Singer and Producer, Vince Chong; as well as Broadcast Host, Freda Liu. This social media campaign follows the tabling in Parliament on the proposed amendments to the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill 2022 – which would make stalking a crime; and the Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 - which creates a protection order for stalking survivors on 4 August 2022. Under the provision, a person is deemed to have committed stalking “if the individual repeatedly by any act of harassment, intends to cause or knowing or ought to know, that such an act is likely to cause, distress, fear or alarm to any person of...
