Police have yet to take action over a sexual harassment complaint made by a parliamentarian three weeks ago. MP for Seputeh and DAP international secretary Teresa Kok told malaysiakini today that the police have not acted on a report she lodged over a number of sexually intimidating and threatening phone calls she had received from a man.

"I made my complaint three weeks ago," said Kok, adding that the report was made at the Sea Park police station in Petaling Jaya on Dec 20 last year.

"I called the assistant investigating officer about the progress of the investigation into my complaint and was told that the deputy public prosecutor had not given him any directive, therefore, he was unable to carry out any investigation," Kok said.

Expressing disappointment with the police, Teresa said that she was upset over the insensitive and irresponsible response.

"If this is, and has been, the attitude of the police in handling women's sexual harassment complaints, then I'm not at all surprised at the increase in the number of reported rape cases in Malaysia," she said. "Prompt and effective investigations of these complaints would in all likelihood prevented a lot of these victims from the trauma of rape and sexual abuse."

Teresa said that she had, on Dec 19, received a voice message on her handphone in Mandarin from a man who said, "Miss Teresa Kok, I wish to make love to you. My penis is big. I will rape you one day."

The man also left another message a week later saying, "Miss Teresa Kok, I think about you every night. I wish to make love to you. My penis is very big."

"On hearing this messages, I was fearful for my safety. As a woman, I felt intimidated and harassed by this phone message," Teresa said.

Teresa added that she had written a letter of complaint to Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai, and Petaling Jaya OCPD Dell Akbar Hyder Khan.

Meanwhile, Dell denied receiving the complaint letter. "I have not received any letter from Teresa," he told malaysiakini .

When asked to comment on police investigations into such complaints, Dell said that the police would normally monitor incoming phone calls to the complainant's handphone. "We, however, cannot do anything to monitor calls to a pre-paid handphone line," he said.