Seeking compassion to reunite


Happy memories: Gaithiri with her husband Chad Moore, and their daughter, Simone Asha, visiting a temple in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur during Deepavali in 2018.

THE struggle goes on for Malaysians kept apart from their families in other countries due to travel restrictions in the pandemic.

Some are hoping their applications to reunite will be approved based on compassionate grounds, even though their case involves citizens from the list of 23 restricted countries.

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