Woman abandoned by Indonesian mother receives Malaysian citizenship


Rohana Abdullah (left) and her foster mother Chee Hoi Lan. - Photo courtesy of Harian Metro

PUTRAJAYA: Rohana Abdullah, the 22-year-old woman who was left by her Indonesian birth mother to be cared for by a Malaysian Chinese woman, shed tears of joy while accepting the letter granting her the Malaysian citizenship status from the Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin on Friday (April 29).

After receiving the letter, she returned to her seat and gave her adoptive mother Chee Hoi Lan, 83, a tight embrace before both mother and daughter left the ceremony.

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