Divorced couple who arranged to meet at Johor hotel arrested for ‘close proximity’ offence

Despite being divorced for a few years, a Malaysian couple had reconciled and arranged to meet at a hotel in Johor.

However, they ended up being arrested for “khalwat” (close proximity), said the Johor Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JAINJ) in a Facebook post on Sunday (18 Jan).

Divorced couple caught inside Johor hotel room at 1.15am

JAINJ officers arrived at the hotel in Kluang at 1.15am in the morning and knocked at the door.

Nobody responded for a long time, even though they could feel that the air-conditioning in the room was on.

After about six or seven minutes of knocking, a man wearing long pants and a T-shirt opened the door.

When they entered and turned on the lights, they found a woman in a long-sleeved shirt and pants standing next to the bed and bathtub.

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