Sexual harassment: Arrest of teacher, MP call for criminalization bill

The Directorate General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF)- Public Relations Department, announced in a statement yesterday that it received information about a teacher who has sexually harassed a number of  underage and adult students and sends SMS messages and videos of himself naked. The statement went on to say, that after surveillance, the alleged harasser was identified, as a 30-year-old Lebanese, and was arrested and referred to the competent judiciary. Upon interrogation, he admitted to the charges, confessing that he extorted his students and lured them into visiting his house claiming he wanted to help them with their study. In this respect, MP Enaya Ezzedine, head of the Woman and Child Parliamentary Committee, said in a tweet: “News of sexual harassment in the country is increasing substantially which prompts an immediate enactment of a draft law criminalizing sexual harassment.” She pointed out that the proposal she submitted last year is currently under deliberation by the Administration and Justice Committee after being approved by the Woman and Child Committee. (Al Diyar, July 13, 2020)