Decision to allow petition on unnatural sexual intercourse law lauded

Advocacy group LGBTIQ+ Network has welcomed the leave granted by the Federal Court in connection to a petition challenging the constitutionality of Selangor's Syariah Criminal Offences Act covering "sexual intercourse against the order of nature".

"The Federal Court’s decision is particularly welcome given the ongoing national trend of prosecution against LGBTIQ individuals on the basis of attempted sexual intercourse “against the order of nature” which escalated in 2018 when two women were sentenced to fines and six strokes of the cane in an open court for the attempt of musahaqah (sexual relations between women).