Chinese woman with adopted Muslim kids declines financial aid


One for the album: Masidi with Wong and her adopted children at the university alumni’s Hari Raya open house.

A CHINESE woman from Kota Kinabalu, who has been looking after several Muslim children for 20 years, vows to continue raising the children by herself, Sin Chew Daily reported.

Kindergarten teacher Connie Wong declined financial assistance from Sabah Universiti Teknologi Mara’s (UiTM) alumni, which had offered to help after reading her story of raising the children, aged between 11 and 20.

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