(ANSA-AFP) - KUALA LUMPUR, 20 SEPT - An important Malaysian transgender entrepreneur wanted in her country because accused of having "insulted Islam" by "disguising herself" was arrested in Thailand.
This was reported by the police and now the Malaysian authorities are asking for his extradition.
The case of Nur Sajat, owner of a cosmetics company, comes at a time of great concern from NGOs and activists for the worsening of the conditions of the LGBTQ community in the Muslim majority country with the government that recently announced its intention to tighten the laws against homosexuals. Sajat, 36, was accused in January in Kuala Lumpur of violating Sharia law for dressing as a woman at a religious event in 2018. She did not attend the hearing and fled Malaysia, but the court issued an arrest warrant. .
The arrest took place on September 8 in a luxury Bangkok apartment building, the Star newspaper reported.
Thilaga Sulathireh, co-founder of the Malaysian transgender group 'Justice for Sisters, denounced that "the continued execution against Nur Sajat is the symbol of the climate of pressure against the LGBTQ community". "The police must immediately stop all investigations and harassment against Sajat," he added. (ANSA-AFP).
