The Star/Asia News Network
Saturday, Oct 13, 2012
FOUR tranvestites failed in their bid to challenge a Syariah enactment that stopped them from wearing women's clothes, Berita Harian reported.
The four Muhamad Juzaili Mohd Khamis, 25, Shukor Jani, 26, Wan Fairol Wan Ismail, 28, and Adam Shazrul Mohd Yusoff, 26 had applied for a judicial review on Section 66 of the Negri Sembilan Syariah Criminal Enactment 1992 but were rejected by the High Court which declared the section as valid.
The four, who worked as mak andam (make-up artists for brides), applied to the High Court to declare Section 66 null and void as they claimed they were women suffering from gender identity confusion.
Last November, High Court judge Justice Rosnaini Saub allowed the application for review as it involved various constitutional issues.
In the decision on Thursday, Justice Siti Mariah Ahmad said Section 66 was not in conflict with the Federal Constitution because it was drafted based on the power of the state and was thus valid.
She also ordered that the religious authorities give counselling to the four and that they act prudently during enforcement.
Saturday, Oct 13, 2012
FOUR tranvestites failed in their bid to challenge a Syariah enactment that stopped them from wearing women's clothes, Berita Harian reported.
The four Muhamad Juzaili Mohd Khamis, 25, Shukor Jani, 26, Wan Fairol Wan Ismail, 28, and Adam Shazrul Mohd Yusoff, 26 had applied for a judicial review on Section 66 of the Negri Sembilan Syariah Criminal Enactment 1992 but were rejected by the High Court which declared the section as valid.
The four, who worked as mak andam (make-up artists for brides), applied to the High Court to declare Section 66 null and void as they claimed they were women suffering from gender identity confusion.
Last November, High Court judge Justice Rosnaini Saub allowed the application for review as it involved various constitutional issues.
In the decision on Thursday, Justice Siti Mariah Ahmad said Section 66 was not in conflict with the Federal Constitution because it was drafted based on the power of the state and was thus valid.
She also ordered that the religious authorities give counselling to the four and that they act prudently during enforcement.
