PETALING JAYA: The Health director-general Datuk Dr Mahathar Abd Wahab, will be looking into the case of the Penang doctor who was caught for allegedly molesting female patients four times, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
He was commenting on a question about the said doctor still practising despite the alleged sexual harassment incidents at a government hospital.
Dzulkefly said this on Sunday (July 27) after launching the book titled “Crisis and Community: Covid-19 in Malaysia”, a compilation of essays on the Covid-19 crisis by all levels of society edited by Bridget Welsh.
“That matter falls within the jurisdiction of the Health director-general Dr Mahathar.
“As the Health Minister, I act based on the advice and information provided by the Director-General. So we will rely on his office to handle this. We will try to resolve this,” said Dzulkefly.
On July 24, Penang police said that they had been instructed by the Deputy Public Prosecutor’s (DPP) office to carry out further investigations on the doctor who was caught for allegedly molesting his female patients four times.
Acting Penang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin then said three of the cases were reported in the northeast district, while the fourth and the most recent one was in the southwest district.
“We submitted the investigation papers for the three original cases reported in the northeast district to the DPP’s office.
“We recently received instructions from the DPP’s office to further investigate the cases,” said DCP Alwi.
He said in regard to the fourth case in the southwest district, we have started the investigation.
He said it is believed the 43-year-old doctor, who was said to be working in a government hospital in the northeast district, was transferred to a government clinic in the southwest district.
“The recent incident occurred at a private clinic in the southwest district where he was doing locum,” said DCP Alwi.