Transgender beaten to death over cell phone theft

KLANG: A transgender was bludgeoned to death by a group of youths using blunt weapons in front of a hotel in Bukit Tinggi here on Wednesday after he was alleged to have stolen a cell phone from his customer, said Klang Selatan district police chief ACP Shamsul Amar Ramli.

“The 32-year-old transgender was assaulted after he was accused of stealing a Huawei Nouva 2i cell phone belonging to one of the suspects who was also his (transgender’s) customer in November. An investigation revealed that the incident was prompted by suspicion of theft and had nothing to do with the LGBT issue,’’ he said in a statement via WhatsApp. — Bernama