Malaysian couple face separation on alleged sex-change charges

Kuala Lumpur - An Islamic marriage court may force a Malaysian couple to separate if the husband is found to have undergone a sex-change operation, reports said Tuesday. Mohamad Sofian, 40, legally married Zaiton Aziz in 2002 and the duo also underwent a religious Muslim wedding solemnisation. However, several months later, religious officials from the southern Malacca state refused to register the marriage after they claimed that the groom was in fact formerly a woman, the New Straits Times daily said. The couple, who arrived at the court Monday holding hands, was charged under the state Islamic family enactment which forbids same-sex marriages. If found guilty their marriage will be annulled and they will be forced to separate. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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