Woman lodges police report over alleged sexual assault at water park
The victim says a report on the incident was made at the Bandar Kinrara police station on May 18.FMT Reporters - 21 May 2023, 5:45pm
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PETALING JAYA: A woman has lodged a police report for alleged sexual assault by a lifeguard at a water park in Selangor on May 13.
In an Instagram post, the victim said she made the report at the Bandar Kinrara police station on May 18.
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She claimed she and her boyfriend went to the water park to celebrate their anniversary.
After the couple went down a water slide, the victim claimed that one of the two lifeguards on duty had pulled her out of the water by grabbing her breasts.
The victim and her boyfriend then made a formal complaint to the water park’s management and received an email on May 15 stating that an investigation was under way.
She claimed the water park’s head of public relations informed her boyfriend that the lifeguard in question was trying to save her and had grabbed whatever body part he could.
She said that on May 16, she received a formal apology from the water park’s general manager, stating that the company would be reviewing its standard operating procedures to better conduct life-saving techniques.
In response, the victim then listed three demands, failing which she would share details of the incident on social media.
She demanded for an update on the action taken against the lifeguard, an apology from the lifeguard and for the water park to include signage to warn patrons they may be “accidentally touched inappropriately when being saved”, and what to do in such instances.
The victim said the water park responded on Friday by claiming that the lifeguard had acted after he noticed that she was not moving underwater for up to 20 seconds. He also claimed that he had grabbed her lower abdomen.
FMT has reached out to the police and the water park for comment.
