Sebuah Nafas Baharu Undang-Undang Gangguan Seksual di Malaysia: Perkembangan Tort Gangguan Seksual sebagai Kausa Tindakan (A New Breath of Sexual Harassment Law in Malaysia: The Development of Sexual Harassment Tort as a Cause of Action)
Abstract
Sexual harassment and sexual assault is not uncanny within our nation. Worse, these incidents occurred way common as if it’s in the nature of our status quo. This indecent and immoral issue should be paid more attention to the public as it is a matter affecting individuals honour and dignity as well as damaging to the emotional state of the victims. Yet, some issues arose regarding the existing laws that are enough to protect the rights of the victims. This is due to the public only aware of previous sexual related cases, the perpetrator to be punished or sanctioned through criminal laws. However, the laymen were not aware that the victims may and can claim compensation from the perpetrator by civil actions which in the law of tort. As can be seen, the main objective of this writing is to analyze whether sexual harassment is a lawful cause of action under tort law. At the same time, the author also makes an approach to differentiate action can be taken in overcoming sexual harassment which in between of civil laws and criminal laws including its concequences. The research methods used by the authors are qualitative methods through research and case study. The findings in this writing is that apart from criminal laws that are set to punish the perpetrator, the law of tort under the civil suit can help the victim to receive compensation from the said perpetrator
Abstrak
Gangguan serta serangan seksual bukanlah sesuatu yang asing di negara kita. Lebih teruk lagi, hampir setiap hari perkara ini berlaku seperti yang sentiasa dipaparkan di media sosial dan dada-dada akhbar. Perkara ini sewajarnya dipandang serius daripada pelbagai pihak kerana ia melibatkan maruah, memberikan kesan emosi serta merupakan sebuah perkara yang sensitif bagi mangsa. Namun begitu, timbul persoalan bahawa sama ada undang-undang sedia ada sudah mencukupi untuk melindungi hak serta kepentingan mangsa gangguan seksual? Hal ini demikian kerana, orang awam hanya menyedari bahawa kes-kes yang melibatkan gangguan serta serangan seksual ini hanya akan menghukum si pelaku melalui undang-undang jenayah. Akan tetapi, ramai juga yang masih tidak mengetahui bahawa mangsa juga boleh menerima ganti rugi akibat daripada tindakan si pelaku iaitu menerusi tindakan sivil dalam undang- undang tort. Oleh itu, objektif penulisan artikel ini adalah untuk menganalisis sama ada gangguan seksual sebuah kausa tindakan yang sah di bawah undang-undang tort. Dalam masa yang sama, penulis juga membuat pendekatan untuk melihat perbezaan tindakan yang diambil dalam menangani gangguan seksual iaitu antara undang-undang sivil dan undang-undang jenayah serta apakah kesannya. Kaedah metodologi yang digunakan oleh penulis adalah kajian kualitatif menerusi kaedah kepustakaan dan kajian kes. Dapatan daripada penulisan ini adalah, selain daripada mengambil tindakan undang-undang jenayah untuk menghukum si pelaku, tindakan saman sivil dalam undang-undang tort ternyata membantu mangsa untuk menerima ganti rugi daripada pelaku.
Kata kunci: Gangguan seksual; tindakan saman sivil; undang-undang tort; kausa tindakan
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