KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 — Presenter and influencer Nani Roslan has denied being the woman detained alongside former minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad in a Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raid last Thursday for alleged khalwat — a Syariah offence involving an unmarried Muslim man and woman found alone together in a secluded place or in close proximity.

She posted a denial in an Instagram Story last night after her name, photos and videos were pulled into online speculation about the case.

“I am not that woman. I never expected to have to come forward to explain this,” she said.

Nani, whose full name is Nur Syazwani Roslan and who is better known as Nani Roc, is a freelance emcee and voice-over artiste who started out as a broadcast journalist and news reader in 2010.