KUCHING, April 30 -- Police are investigating an e-hailing driver for sexual harassment after he allegedly asked a 15-year-old female passenger to remove her headscarf during a ride along Jalan Camar here recently.

Kuching police chief ACP Alexson Naga Chabu said the victim filed a police report on the incident on April 29.

"The case is being investigated under Section 298 of the Penal Code for uttering words with deliberate intent to wound the religious feelings of a person, which provides for a jail term of up to one year, or a fine, or both.

"It is also being investigated under Section 509 of the Penal Code for using words or gestures intended to insult the modesty of a person, which carries a penalty of up to five years' imprisonme...