Lawyer Siti Zabedah Kasim is suing the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) and 18 others over her alleged wrongful arrest and unlawful confinement during a 2016 raid on a private transgender event in Kuala Lumpur.

The writ of summons was filed by law firm Messrs Saha and Associates at the High Court Registry in Kuala Lumpur on April 1 this year...