Doctor-patient sexual harassment case thrown out as DPP fails to produce investigation papers


PETALING JAYA: The Magistrate's Court has discharged a psychiatrist accused of insulting the modesty of a former patient because the Deputy Public Prosecutor did not have the investigation papers during case mention.

According to lawyer Francis Pereira, who held a watching brief for the victim, the Magistrate granted a discharge not amounting to an acquittal of the accused on Monday (Jan 13).

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