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SINGAPORE – A former director of the National University of Singapore (NUS) East Asian Institute (EAI) has denied all claims of sexual harassment levelled against him by his former staff as the university continues to investigate the allegations.
Multiple harassment claims had appeared on social media in the past month, with at least two users – who identified themselves as NUS or EAI staff – accusing Professor Zheng Yongnian of sexual harassment.
However, Prof Zheng “categorically denies” all allegations, whether by EAI staff or any other persons, his lawyers said in a press statement on Friday (Sept 4) evening.
They also said that the professor’s resignation from the university and EAI was unrelated to the allegations and complaint against him. Instead, they said he had accepted a new post that “allows him to focus more on research as a scholar, where his passions lie”.
The 58-year-old professor is understood to have joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, as the head of its Advanced Institute of Global and Contemporary China Studies by late August.
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