SINGAPORE - The National University of Singapore has determined that a former director of its East Asian Institute had behaved inappropriately with a subordinate by hugging her without her consent during a work meeting.
Various sexual harassment allegations involving Prof Zheng had surfaced in August and September on social media, with social media users, who identified themselves as NUS staff, accusing Prof Zheng of harassing them. In its latest statement, NUS said they"became aware" of the allegations in May 2019 and suspended Prof Zheng on May 20 that year.
Following this, NUS appointed a Committee of Inquiry in July this year to review the complaints , and determined that at least one of the staff member's allegations had occurred. It also could not establish that Prof Zheng had held the staff member's back while taking a group picture, and had placed his hands on her shoulder and head during a meeting between the two in his office - as the affected staff member had alleged.
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