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<div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2>Some are born not certain of their gender, says Dr M</h2></div></div></div><div class="field-group-format group_print_publication field-group-div group-print-publication print-pub speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/original_images/Oct2014/20141021_mahatir_1.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/original_images/Oct2014/20141021_mahatir_1.jpg" width="630" height="411" /></div></div></div><small class="clear"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-11-12T11:43:24+08:00">Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 11:43</span></small><div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Loh Foon Fong</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Star/Asia News Network</div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>KUALA LUMPUR - Some people are born not being certain of their gender and feel different from the way they look, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.</p>
<p>He said some of these people may look like men but they feel like women and vice versa.</p>
<p>"Their feelings are different from their looks," he said at a press conference during the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2014 here on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Dr Mahathir made that remark when he was asked to comment on whether he thought the Sya*riah and civil court judges should sit together to hear the cross-dressing case.</p>
<p>He said it would be great to have such a relationship but it was also up to the Government to think about it.</p>
<p>Last Friday, the Court of Appeal declared that the Negri Sembilan Islamic religious enactment barring cross-dressing contravened the Federal Constitution.</p>
<p>On Monday, the Negri Sem-bilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the state government would file an appeal to the Federal Court in the next few days.</p>
<p>Dr Mahathir also pointed out that dressing was a contemporary issue.</p>
<p>"We say a certain type of clothing is men's clothing but men and women are wearing jeans.</p>
<p>"So is jeans for men or women?</p>
<p>"In the past, men and women dressed differently but now, things have changed," he said.</p>
<p>On another matter, Dr Mahathir said Malaysians could do without the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).</p>
<p>He said the funds that the government-owned investment company received were borrowed and if they were lost, it would create more problems.</p>
<p>"1MDB tak ada pun tak apa (it does not matter if 1MDB ceases to exist)," he added.</p>
<p>Dr Mahathir said the 1MDB's sovereign wealth was but borrowed money.</p>
<p>"If we borrowed it, we need to pay it back. If we lose them, there would be more problems and the cost will be high too," he said.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-title field-type-ds field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="dc:title"><h2>Some are born not certain of their gender, says Dr M</h2></div></div></div><div class="field-group-format group_print_publication field-group-div group-print-publication print-pub speed-fast effect-none"><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/original_images/Oct2014/20141021_mahatir_1.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://news.asiaone.com/sites/default/files/original_images/Oct2014/20141021_mahatir_1.jpg" width="630" height="411" /></div></div></div><small class="clear"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-11-12T11:43:24+08:00">Wednesday, November 12, 2014 - 11:43</span></small><div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Loh Foon Fong</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-source field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The Star/Asia News Network</div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>KUALA LUMPUR - Some people are born not being certain of their gender and feel different from the way they look, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.</p>
<p>He said some of these people may look like men but they feel like women and vice versa.</p>
<p>"Their feelings are different from their looks," he said at a press conference during the Kuala Lumpur Summit 2014 here on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Dr Mahathir made that remark when he was asked to comment on whether he thought the Sya*riah and civil court judges should sit together to hear the cross-dressing case.</p>
<p>He said it would be great to have such a relationship but it was also up to the Government to think about it.</p>
<p>Last Friday, the Court of Appeal declared that the Negri Sembilan Islamic religious enactment barring cross-dressing contravened the Federal Constitution.</p>
<p>On Monday, the Negri Sem-bilan Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the state government would file an appeal to the Federal Court in the next few days.</p>
<p>Dr Mahathir also pointed out that dressing was a contemporary issue.</p>
<p>"We say a certain type of clothing is men's clothing but men and women are wearing jeans.</p>
<p>"So is jeans for men or women?</p>
<p>"In the past, men and women dressed differently but now, things have changed," he said.</p>
<p>On another matter, Dr Mahathir said Malaysians could do without the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).</p>
<p>He said the funds that the government-owned investment company received were borrowed and if they were lost, it would create more problems.</p>
<p>"1MDB tak ada pun tak apa (it does not matter if 1MDB ceases to exist)," he added.</p>
<p>Dr Mahathir said the 1MDB's sovereign wealth was but borrowed money.</p>
<p>"If we borrowed it, we need to pay it back. If we lose them, there would be more problems and the cost will be high too," he said.</p>
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