MBSA deputy secretary Rosli Bakar said this might be a wise move in view of the widely publicised harassment of a female enforcement officer by a couple over a parking ticket.
He said the incident was the most serious case of harassment a female MBSA officer has had to endure so far.
“Even though female enforcement officers often get scolded, this incident involved physical harassment.
“So, we are thinking of how we can take care of their safety when they are carrying out their duties,” he said at an MBSA event in Shah Alam today.
In the Nov 24 incident, a man and his wife harassed MBSA enforcement officer Nurul Ain Isa, by blocking her path and clutching at her shirt after she issued them a parking ticket.
The couple were sentenced to 14 days’ jail and fined RM3,000 for obstructing a civil servant from discharging her duties.
Rosli said MBSA would also give their female enforcement officers more self defence training to deal with physical harassment from members of the public.
He said even though these enforcement officers underwent training for three months, including martial arts, such training needed to be continued.
Rosli said Nurul had been traumatised by the incident and she, along with two other female enforcement officers who were with her at the time, would be reassigned to another area in Shah Alam.
He added that the couple involved had yet to apologise to Nurul for their actions.