KUALA LUMPUR: Police are investigating allegations of sexual harassment involving former Community Communications Department (J-Kom) director-general Datuk Dr Mohammad Agus Yusoff.
The incident in question is said to have occurred in Bintulu, Sarawak.
The allegation was stated in a report by J-Kom assistant officer Abdul Wahab Abdul Kadir Jilani, 33, at the Kajang police station yesterday.
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri Razarudin Husain confirmed the case based on Wahab's report.
"According to the report, Wahab claims that the incident occurred on Oct 21 at a hotel in Bintulu.
"Police have initiated an investigation under Section 354 of the Penal Code for molestation and Section 377D for indecent behaviour," he told BH today.
Razarudin said Wahab made the police report to protect himself and denied involvement in a plot to bring down and fabricate stories against Agus.
He added that police are still investigating the case and will call in several individuals to record their statements.
Yesterday, Wahab, accompanied by his lawyer Faizal Abd Rahman, went to the Kajang police station to lodge a police report, claiming that his actions were to clear his name in the issue of a sexually explicit video conversation recording.
Wahab admitted feeling pressured by what happened involving him and Agus.
Previously, Razarudin was reported to have said that the investigation papers related to the defamation video allegations were referred to the Attorney General's Office in line with Article 145(3) of the Federal Constitution.
