BY ZURAIRI ARJUNE, 10, 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 ― The Negri Sembilan religious authorities raided a Malay wedding in Bahau, Jempol, on Sunday and detained 17 transgender women for violating a Shariah law ban on cross-dressing, an activist claimed today.
The women were subsequently charged and sentenced yesterday under Section 66 of the state's Shariah Criminal Enactment 1992 although the law is currently under constitutional review in the Court of Appeal.
"The authorities arrested them and got them to the court yesterday morning. All of them were very naïve about the law, so they pleaded guilty under Section 66," transgender activist Nisha Ayub told The Malay Mail Online today.
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http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/negri-sembilan-islamic-department-crashes-wedding-for-transgender-hunt
