According to local news, the court will be hearing three challenges to section 377A.
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Three individuals challenge to Section 377A,
- 43-year-old Johnson Ong Ming, a DJ
- 61-year-old retired doctor Dr. Roy Tan Seng Kee
- 42-year-old Bryan Choong, the former executive director Oogachaga.
377A is a law that criminalizes sex acts between consenting adults of men, the hearing was heard in the high court yesterday afternoon.
Layer M Ravi who is representing Dr. Roy Tan said that section 377A “infringes right to equality before the law and equal protection of the law, under Article 12(1) of the constitution”.
The group of people that took the case to the high court claims that 377A violates articles 12 and 14 of the constitution.
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The court will continue on the 15 of November 2019.