Official identity: Navin showing his temporary identification document at the NRD in Putrajaya.
PUTRAJAYA: After 17 years, Navin Moorthy is now officially a citizen of the country where he was born.
The teenager of mixed parentage has finally been recognised as a Malaysian after years of legal tussle. He will receive his MyKad soon.
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