Govt allows hermaphrodites to have sex change

Sun2Surf: KUALA LUMPUR: Hermaphrodites in the country are allowed to undergo sex change surgery to turn them into the sex which they are comfortable said Women and Family Development Ministry parliamentary secretary, Chew Mei Fun.
She said hermaphrodites can choose which sex is more dominant in their physical body before deciding on the option of such surgery.
Replying to points raised by MPs during the Committee Stage of the Budget 2006, she said at this juncture has not compiled the number of hermaphrodites in the country yet.
She was responding to Fadilah Yusof (BN - Petrajaya) who suggested a separate gender category for hermaphrodites in identification card (IC).
He said such a move would also allow the ministry to compile and keep track of the number of hermaphrodites in the country.
Fadilah said once the hermaphrodites reach puberty, would enable them to decide which sex that they are comfortable or dominant in them.
"Through doctors' verification, they can indicate to the National Registration Department that they are more inclined to become a male or female and be placed under the "doubtful hermaphrodites" category", he said.