Nurse sues for sexual harassment
19.05.13
SINGAPORE - It allegedly started with a request for her mobile phone number, then progressed to invitations for dates before it became openly sexual.
All these despite her insistence that she was not interested.
These allegations against a director of a public-listed company have now gone to the High Court.
Ms Mardiana Sarifudin, a dental nurse who works at a subsidiary of Pacific Healthcare Holdings (PHH), has filed a civil suit against Mr Kwan Benny Ahadi, 50, for sexual harassment.
It was made known to the public on the website of Singapore Exchange (SGX) on Tuesday, after a trading halt in the morning.
The announcement said that PHH and its subsidiary, Pacific Healthcare Specialist Services (PHS), have been served with a writ of summons.
Mr Kwan, a non-executive director, PHH and PHS were named as the defendants.
The statement said that the claim against Mr Kwan is for alleged sexual harassment of the plaintiff at the workplace from September last year to May this year - a period of eight months.
Source: AsiaOne