KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 16 -- A recent survey conducted by research company Vase.ai and the Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) shows more than a third (36 per cent) of Malaysians have experienced stalking.

The joint effort by WAO and Vase.ai was done to gauge Malaysians' understanding of stalking, as Malaysia currently has a little data on it, amid growing calls to make the act a crime in the country and provide protection to survivors.

Stalking is usually described as the wilful and repeated following, watching or harassing of another person to the point where they feel uncomfortable, unsafe and scared.

However, Malaysians don't often report stalking to the police as they are under the impression that not much can be done under the law.

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