Five friends claim trial to attack on transgender woman

SEREMBAN: Five friends including three juveniles have claimed trial to a charge of causing grievous hurt to a 32-year-old transgender woman who had to be hospitalised for five days.

The five – Syaari Aziz, 37, Muhammad Haiqal Mohammad Aris who turns 19 in October, and three juveniles aged between 16 and 17 – had allegedly used a piece of wood and a plastic pipe to assault Shukur Jani at around 12.15am in front of a shoplot in Taman AST here on Aug 15.