Cosplay artist lodges report against stalker, cop allegedly blames dress

Cosplay artist lodges report against stalker, cop allegedly blames dress

She says the officer told her, 'You are in the wrong, too.'

The woman says she was in her cosplay dress as she needed to make a quick report.
PETALING JAYA:
A woman has accused police of victim-blaming after she went to lodge a report dressed in her costume play (cosplay) dress.

The 21-year-old woman revealed in her Facebook posting that a stalker had come to see her during an event called Anime Fest at Paradigm Mall yesterday.

In her report, she said that after she warned the man not to harass her, the man lost his cool and created a scene there.

“He pushed my friend who tried to block him from getting close to me at the booth. Then he screamed and begged me to take a picture with him and unblock him on Discord (a social media application),” the report read.

She explained that she met the suspect at an event four months ago.

Since then, he had frequently disturbed her on social media by attempting to make video calls.

The incident yesterday prompted her to lodge a report at the Kelana Jaya police station, only to be disappointed by the “free advice” given by an officer.

Subsequently, she vented her frustration on Twitter.

“I went to the police station in my cosplay (dress) because I needed to make a quick police report.

“The officer told me ‘You wear (clothes) like this, you sell pictures like this, this is the consequence. You are in the wrong, too.’

“I have been harassed by a mentally ill person, I’m the victim here. How can you say that it’s my fault for doing my hobby?” she tweeted.

The media has asked police for a response to the allegation.

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