KLANG: Less than a month after the murder of a transgender woman in Klang, another member of the community has been found dead. Just like the first victim, this transgender woman was also a Sabahan, and is similarly believed to have lost her life over the alleged theft of a cell phone. He said forensic examination later revealed that the victim was a transgender woman. ACP Shamsul Amar stressed that the incident was not a hate crime against the transgender community. In last month’s incident, a 32-year-old transgender woman from Sabah was severely beaten up by several youths who believed she had stolen a cell phone.

Source: The Star January 02, 2019 05:37 UTC