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Survivors of sexual violence who heard actor Fauzi Nawawi’s rape comment on a local talk show are likely to be re-traumatised, self-blame, and feel that there is no recourse for the violation they experienced, says Engender Consultancy founder and managing director Omna Sreeni-Ong.

In the Rumah No 107 talk show on Astro Warna recently, Fauzi describes his rape scene with his co-actor graphically and even boasts about enjoying it, saying that he was “turned on” by it.

The scene in the 2007 film Anak Halal was subsequently deleted from the movie but Fauzi named the actress whom he filmed the scene with, who was still a teenager at that time.

“Rape and other gender-based violence are not a joke, it’s not funny and should not be made light of, whether in comments, jokes or other expressions,” says Omna.