Stateless woman in a limbo


Ong showing her British Overseas Citizen passport which she renewed until 2025 at The Star office in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling.

IT was 14 years ago when Ong Kah Phaik made a decision to give up her Malaysian citizenship for the British Overseas Citizen (BOC) passport.

Ong only realised her folly later as the BOC does not give automatic British citizenship and she needed a visa to stay there.

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