KUALA LUMPUR: An MCA Youth leader is fearing for her safety after being harassed on social media by a man believed to be a member of another political party.

Pahang MCA Youth secretary Saw Yee Fung said the man started posting lies about her online, culminating in a sexually-explicit post.

“He has been tagging my name on Facebook since Friday, claiming to know where I stay and wanted to be friends with me.

“He kept on tagging and harassing me online for almost three hours since Friday. I decided to ignore it,” she told a press conference yesterday.

However, Saw said she could not afford to keep silent after the man sexually harassed her online.

“On Saturday, my friend alerted me that the man posted in Chinese: ‘Are you free to accompany me tonight, actually I pre-booked a hotel room, you make me have sex (sic) imagination’,” Saw said.

“This is too much. I fear for my safety and the safety of my family.”

Saw, who lodged a police report at the Dang Wangi police district headquarters, said she met the man only once during the Cameron Highlands by-election when collecting signatures for MCA Youth’s petition opposing the proposed scrapping of the death penalty.

“Regardless of your political stand, we shouldn’t harass, even more so sexually harass female politicians or people that have differing political opinions,” she said.

She said such harassment should not happen as the country should have a mature political scenario.

“Even when discussing the abolishment of the death penalty, we can discuss it rationally, and not by resorting to sexual harassment.

“I believe the motive for this ‘attack’ is political in nature.

“Let the police look into this. I hope this harassment will stop,” she said.