In September 2007, the Syariah Court annulled Mohd Sufian Mohamad and Zaiton Aziz’s marriage. The court issued the couple a permanent divorce, despite Zaiton Aziz saying that she was in a physically and emotionally satisfying union.
The judge who presided over the case declared the same-sex marriage illegitimate because of Mohd Sufian’s original gender designation.
The judge who presided over the case declared the same-sex marriage illegitimate because of Mohd Sufian’s original gender designation.
According to a New Straits Times article, three doctors had conducted physical examinations and blood tests on Mohd Sufian and concluded that he is a woman.
The doctors should have conducted a psychological or psychiatric evaluation to determine Mohd Sufian’s state of mind.
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