Acording to the lastest saga of the Jessie Chung and Joshua Beh, In the eyes of the law and religion, they are not yet wife and husband. Malaysian laws do not allow its citizens to change their gender in their identity cards despite having gone through a sex operation (according to Home Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid.)
His deputy Datuk Tan Chai Ho added that the marriage was “invalid” as the Marriage and Divorce Reform Act 1976 does not allow marriages between two people of the same sex, even if one of them has undergone a sex change operation.
National Evangelical Christian Fellowship secretary-general Rev Dr Wong Kim Kong said it does not approve marriages of the same sex even after one partner has changed his or her sex.(hmm seems complicated)
If the legal battle fails, it looks like the couple will need to migrate/flee the country.
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