Brisbane Airport rocked by sexual abuse allegations The online petition against sexual abuse at Brisbane Airport. Photo: www.coworker.org Police have been asked to investigate serious sexual abuse allegations at Brisbane Airport. Claims have surfaced that five female international students working as cleaners at Brisbane Airport have been sexually abused by a man working for a contract cleaning business. The company at the centre of the allegations has told Fairfax Media they had received a complaint about 1pm on Wednesday, stood him down immediately and contacted police. The allegations are included on e-petition site coworker.org and have attracted more than 1500 signatures since it was posted on Wednesday. The allegations, which have been raised with police, claim a man has sexually harassed young women and threatened to sack them if they report him. On the site, a supporter of the five young women asks Brisbane Airport Corporation to step in and have the allegations investigated. "I witnessed my employer harass and abuse several of my female colleagues," the woman writes. That all changed last week, when five brave women came forward to alert authorities of harassment and sexual abuse they experienced at Brisbane Airport. These women are international students who say their employer forced himself on them in locked rooms, and threatened them with deportation if they resisted. He offered them rides home, then drove into dark alleys with an expectation of sexual favours. And in case there was any confusion about his intent, they say he openly and unapologetically fired any woman who resisted him. The claims are raised in an open letter to BAC chief executive Julieanne Alroe. A BAC spokeswoman said they were made aware of the claims on Thursday morning and have already demanded the claims be investigated by the contractor and by police. "We were completely unaware of these allegations until they were posted on social media late yesterday via an online petition," the spokeswoman said. We were appalled by the allegations. The claims are made against an employee of a firm contracted to BAC to provide cleaning services at the airport. BAC has contacted the company and ordered an immediate inquiry. "We have been assured they will do a full investigation and that we will receive a full report from them in relation to these claims," the BAC spokeswoman said. We have also been given assurances that the contractor will be advising the police. Fairfax Media has contacted the company and police for comment on investigations to the allegations.