Cop in hot water over sexual harassment

Cop in hot water over sexual harassment

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Dozens of woman journalists and
activists held a protest on Saturday in Makassar, demanding that
a senior police officer punish a subordinate for alleged sexual
harassment.

The incident happened on Thursday when four woman journalists
went to South Sulawesi provincial police headquarters to attend a
press conference concerning recent violence in Mamasa regency,
West Sulawesi. As the four journalists entered police
headquarters, they were admonished by a certain police officer
for failing to report their presence at a post near an entrance
gate. The journalists apologized, but another police officer at
the post, First. Brig. Mustari, continued to hurl abuse at them.

The journalists protested the police officer's attitude, but
were ignored. The officer then made an obscene gesture by
grasping his own genitals front of the women. The journalists
later reported the case to chief of South Sulawesi provincial
police Insp. Gen. Saleh Saaf for follow up.

The two-star police general promised he would investigate the
matter and take stern measures against the delinquent police
officer, in the event he was found guilty. -- JP