Siti was subsequently arrested on April 3 at the Renaissance Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
In the originating summons filed by Mark Law Chambers on Oct 20, Siti urged the court to order Jawi to provide her with details of the said officers.
She wants their names, identification numbers and positions held.
Siti also wants copies of any police reports lodged against her, copy of arrest report and any warrant which gave the religious department the authority to carry out the raid and arrest her.
The activist disclosed in the affidavit that her lawyers wrote to Jawi on September 14 requesting those details as she wanted to proceed with legal action against them.
Siti’s affidavit alleged that the sudden appearance of Jawi officers at the event caused chaos. “They raided the event. They did not explain the reason for the raid.”
She added that no arrest warrant was produced and that the Jawi officers were not accompanied by police.
One religious officer allegedly told Siti it was an “offence” to organise the transgender beauty contest.
“The officer could not cite the law the event had violated,” she said.
She told the Jawi officers the event was a closed-door affair but, “they started shouting at me and at others in the crowd”.
She was then taken to the Dang Wangi police station.
“They did not tell me why I was being arrested,” said Siti. “They forced me into a van and took me to the police station.”
She was made to wait for hours. No one informed her why she was being detained.
The Jawi officers only released Siti after her lawyers repeatedly asked them what she had done wrong.