Give assurance to parents to legalise adoption, authorities urged


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PARENTS who have adopted children without proper documentation should be given the chance to legalise such ties without being penalised.

Dr James Nayagam, chairman of Suriana Welfare Society, says the authorities should not charge such parents, but offer the chance to legalise the adoption.

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