Jakarta – Three female staff from the National Land Agency (BPN) who are victims of sexual harassment have sought protection from the National Commission on Human Rights, a lawyer says.

"We don't know what kind of protection that the commission can offer my clients, but we have informed them that there have been some serious violations happening there," lawyer Achmad Zazuli said Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.

Achmad added that besides reporting the case to the human rights commission he had also visited the National Commission on the Protection of Women and Children. He said that there he was urged to take his clients to a psychologist to check their mental health.

The three BPN staff identified only as AIF, AN and NPS, also filed a report to Jakarta Police concerning alleged sexual harassment by their superior official identified only as G.