Pandelela now a national unity icon


KUALA LUMPUR: She was born in a little rural village by the riverside in Bau, Sarawak, and moved to urban Kuching for her early school years.

Then, after being spotted as a sports prodigy, she was brought to the bright lights of Kuala Lumpur when she was 14.

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