Genderwise Nur Sajat Kamaruzzaman is still a male as stated on the entrepreneur’s identity card (IC), said Deputy Minister in the Prime Ministers’ Department (Religious Affairs) Ahmad Marzuk Shaary.

He said, in Malaysia, the gender of every individual is based on the information stated on the IC.

“The gender is what is stated in the IC (issued) in our country and that is what we use.

"The IC is a valid document in this country to determine (Sajat's) gender, whichever country or place Sajat chooses to determine gender, we do not interfere,” Marzuk said to reporters after launching a book titled ‘Manual Komuniti Hijrah’ (Lesbians and Gays) today.

Yesterday, the media reported that Sajat shared a post on Instagram saying that she had legally changed her gender status to a woman in Australia.

Sajat is being pursued by authorities in Malaysia after an arrest warrant was issued following her failure to appear in court to face charges for dressing as a woman at the Shah Alam Syariah High Court.

In June last year, police sought the transgender businessperson to help in an investigation into a fraud case involving a change of IC information at the Ampang Jaya Court.

Marzuk calls for book ban lift appeal

On the High Court decision lifting the ban on the distribution of controversial book 'Gay is OK! A Christian Perspective' in the country yesterday, Marzuk said he hoped the Home Ministry would appeal the decision so that it does not outrage Muslims.

Deputy Minister in the Prime Ministers’ Department (Religious Affairs) Ahmad Marzuk Shaary.

“LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) and the book should not be an agenda to be normalised in our country, it is not suitable in Malaysia and around the world,” he added.

According to media reports, the publisher and author of the book succeeded in their application to overturn the home minister’s order banning the book in 2020.

High Court Judge Noorin Badaruddin allowed a judicial review filed by the book's publisher Chong Ton Sin and its author Ngeo Boon Lin, respectively yesterday.

- Bernama

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