Mums’ wait is finally over


Paper chase: (From left) Teoh, Devi and Myra Eliza together with their kids getting the citizenship certs from NRD in Putrajaya. — ART CHEN/ The Star

PUTRAJAYA: What was meant to be a memorable moment for three mothers who came to pick up their foreign-born children’s Malaysian citizenship certificates turned into an emotional roller-coaster ride as they were made to wait and were initially denied the certificates.

Just as they were about to give up and leave, they were finally told they would have the certificates after all.

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