Making her stand: Fatimah speaking to an international audience at Wisma MCA in Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR: She was a petite orang asli woman from Pahang who could not speak a word of English but the international presence at the Asean Women’s Forum did not intimidate her.
Fatimah Bah-sin, who belongs to the minority tribes of Semak Beri and Semai in Kuantan, went up to the microphone and addressed the crowd.
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