Teenager wants to come home after elopement with beau

Remorseful: A photo of Suliza, who eloped with her boyfriend to Jambi, Indonesia.

MALACCA: A teenage girl who eloped with her Indonesian boyfriend now wants to return back to her hometown after enduring hardship including being forced to do menial jobs by her beau’s family.

The 18-year-old had ran away from home in Solok Pantai Peringgit here on June 11 after giving excuse to her mother that she was going to picnic with her friends in Port Dickson.

Two months of life in Jambi, Indonesia has made the girl, Suliza Kassim to appreciate her blissful life here and had sent a distress message to her mother to bring her back, a few days ago.

Suliza had also failed to report herself for National Service on Aug 18, raising the concern of her 50-year-old mother Azizah Ahmad that she could face punitive action for not doing so.

Azizah said she received several text messages from her daughter stating that she is now even staved by the boyfriend’s family.

“She wants to be back and now regrets her action of eloping with the man,” she said when met at Malacca Hospital here.

Azizah said she developed chest pain since she heard the news that her youngest child out of five was now in Indonesia.

“All this while, I was worried for her safety that had led to the deterioration of my health.

“Only now I knew that she is safe in Indonesia and as a mother I am willing to forgive her,” she said.

Azizah said her daughter had met the Indonesian man while she was in Form Three when her family was still staying in Felda Bukit Jalor in Gemenceh, Negri Sembilan.

“She was in love with the man and wanted to marry him until she made a decision to run away without our knowledge,” she said adding that she lodged a police report on the same day her daughter went missing.

Azizah said her daughter wanted to return back to Malacca but now has no money to do so.

“My last resort was to approach Pembela BN (Barisan Nasional’s social aid bureau) for help and also defer the date of her entry into National Service,” she said.

Pembela BN’s director Amir Hamzah Aziz said he makemade arrangements for the girl to return back through the help of an Indonesian Non-Governmental Organisation.

“We have our connection in Indonesia and ensure that the girl returns,” he added.