Ministry of Law of the Republic of Singapore

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Written Answer by Minister for Law K Shanmugam to PQ on Breakdown of Cases Filed...

05 Oct 2022 Posted in Parliamentary speeches and responses

Ms He Ting Ru (Member of Parliament for Sengkang GRC)

Question

To ask the Minister for Law to date, what is the number of cases filed with the Protection from Harassment Court broken down into (i) sexual harassment (ii) workplace harassment (iii) cyber-bullying (iv) doxxing and (v) harassment by debt collectors, moneylenders, or creditors.

Written Answer:

Statistics on the breakdown of harassment cases filed with the Protection from Harassment Court from 1 June 2021 to 30 June 2022, are as follows:

Breakdown of harassment cases filed with the Protection from Harassment Court 1 Jun - 31 Dec 2021 1 Jan - 30 Jun 2022
Sexual Harassment 34 33
Workplace Harassment 78 62
Cyber-bullying 114 90
Doxxing 121 88
Harassment by debt collectors, moneylenders, or creditors 38 18

Note: each case may involve more than 1 type of alleged harassment.

Last updated on 05 October 2022