PUTRAJAYA: Criminalising cross-dressing is an unreasonable restriction of a person’s freedom of expression, the Court of Appeal ruled in a landmark judgment.
A three-member panel led by Justice Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus allowed the appeal of three transgenders and declared that Section 66 of the Syariah Criminal (Negri Sembilan) Enactment 1992 contravened several Articles of the Federal Constitution.
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