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        "id": 1398744,
        "msgid": "kl-transvestites-fined-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-05-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "KL transvestites fined",
        "author": null,
        "source": "AP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "KL transvestites fined KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Nine Malaysian Moslems who were arrested in a raid on a transvestite beauty contest have been charged in an Islamic court, a news report said yesterday. They were accused in the northern town of Alor Setar, Kedah State, of wearing women's clothes and acting like women in a public place, both transgressions of the Islamic code. Eight pleaded guilty and were fined 800 ringgit (US$ 200).",
        "content": "<p>KL transvestites fined<\/p>\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Nine Malaysian Moslems who were arrested in<br>\na raid on a transvestite beauty contest have been charged in an<br>\nIslamic court, a news report said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>They were accused in the northern town of Alor Setar, Kedah<br>\nState, of wearing women's clothes and acting like women in a<br>\npublic place, both transgressions of the Islamic code.<\/p>\n<p>Eight pleaded guilty and were fined 800 ringgit (US$ 200).<br>\nFour paid the fines, and the others who could not afford to pay<br>\nreceived six month jail sentences.<\/p>\n<p>One of the accused pleaded innocent and will be tried on June<br>\n22. The nine were among 50 transvestites, including three Thais<br>\nand an Indonesian, who were detained by police on May 17 at a<br>\nwedding that featured a transvestite beauty pageant.<\/p>\n<p>Five non-Moslems were released. Thirty-six other Moslem<br>\ntransvestites will be charged later.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kl-transvestites-fined-1447893297",
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