The health minister said the case comes under the purview of health director-general Dr Mahathar Abd Wahab and a designated committee tasked with reviewing professional conduct and disciplinary issues concerning doctors.

“If there’s a complaint, we will attend to it seriously. Everyone who complains, we will follow through,” he told reporters after launching the “Crisis and Community: Covid-19 in Malaysia” book at Gerakbudaya here today.

On Thursday, the Women’s Centre for Change questioned why the doctor based in Penang has yet to be charged when he has been arrested four times over alleged sexual crimes.

The women’s group questioned why he was still allowed to treat patients and take locum shifts at private clinics despite the multiple allegations.

The suspect had been arrested on four occasions for offences allegedly committed at a hospital and three private clinics, with the most recent arrest on July 21.

A woman claimed she was molested by the doctor during a medical examination at a private clinic in Bayan Baru on June 29.

WCC urged the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) to suspend the doctor’s practising licence pending legal proceedings.

Acting Penang police chief Alwi Zainal Abidin confirmed the doctor was recently arrested again and later released on bail.

He also said prosecutors had ordered the cops to include the recent case in its overall investigation before submitting the probe papers to them.