GERAK (Malaysian Academic Movement) is utterly shocked by Malaysian national diver Datuk Pandelela Rinong’s tweet revealing that she was once bullied by a (former) coach after chiding him for making lewd jokes.
Anybody who has followed such cases would know that for the victims, there is often the very real fear of retaliation (if the perpetrator is someone in power), feelings of self-blame and shame, and lack of understanding and access to a safe means of reporting the act.
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