The news that radio station BFM 89.9 has terminated two of its employees following an internal investigation on allegations of sexual harassment (‘BFM sacks two employees over sexual harassment allegations’, Malaysiakini, 7.1.2019) must be escalated to the authorities by its officials lodging a police report on the matter.
It is also disturbing to note from the said report that an employee had also been terminated as a result of an investigation launched by BFM pertaining to allegations of rape which surfaced in a letter purportedly written by a former BFM employee.
The termination of these employees over the said rape and sexual harassment allegations indicates that there is possibly some truth to the said allegations which would certainly expose the culprits to criminal liability.
This is a very serious matter which must be addressed immediately and BFM must take the necessary steps to reveal the outcomes and evidence gathered from the said internal investigations to the police for the necessary action to be taken.
A failure to do so may amount to the withholding of such evidence on BFM’s part.
In the circumstances, I urge the board of BFM to lodge a police report over the matter forthwith and to assist in police investigations by disclosing their internal investigation reports to the police for the needful to be done.