"I Can Finally Be Myself" – Nur Sajat Legally Changes Her Gender To Female In Australia

She was reportedly granted political asylum in the country.

The entrepreneur is wanted in Malaysia after failing to attend a Syariah Court proceeding where she was charged under Section 10(a) of the Syariah Criminal Offences Enactment (Selangor) 1995 as her act of cross-dressing was said to have brought contempt to Islam.

Following that, the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (JAIS) mobilised about 122 personnel to hunt down Sajat, a drastic move that local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) had described as "extreme".

Sajat had repeatedly recounted her experience with JAIS officers, claiming that she was assaulted even when she had complied with the authorities.

"I had to run away. I was treated harshly (in custody). I was hit, pushed, handcuffed, all in front of my parents and family. I felt ashamed and sad. I gave them my cooperation, but they still did that to me," she told BBC in November last year.