Transgender woman flees Malaysia after prison threat for wearing hijab

In February 2018, on her birthday, Nur Sajat put on a demure hijab and attended a Muslim prayer session at a new building she was inaugurating near the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. Three years after that sartorial choice, Malaysian authorities have charged her with “insulting Islam” and wearing female attire.

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