IN December 2014, I spent a night in a budget hotel in Parit Buntar, Perak, sharing the room with my elderly mother.
In the wee hours of the morning, the Perak Islamic religious authority raided my room, suspecting me of khalwat. I tried to stop them from entering my room because it was supposed to be a space that I share only with my family. It was my private property for the night.
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