Mother wants to fulfil son’s wish to visit Malaysia


Fighting to return: Cheng and her son are trapped in China due to a travel ban imposed on them.

BEIJING: A Malaysian woman, who is fighting a China court’s travel ban preventing her from leaving the country with her son, says she is trying to fulfil the boy’s wish to visit his homeland.

Cheng Chau Yang, 42, said her eight-year-old son was embarrassed whenever his classmates asked him about Malaysia because he was unable to tell them more.

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