Compiled by TAN SIN CHOW, BENJAMIN LEE and R. ARAVINTHAN
A CHANCE encounter with a pregnant woman led to Siti Rahanim Jaimon eventually caring for the newborn child when the mother disappeared, Kosmo! reported.
Siti Rahanim, 54, said the boy is now four years old.
“I first met the pregnant woman at a Bandar Simpang Renggam bus stop (in Kluang, Johor) where she suddenly offered me to care for her unborn baby,” she recounted the 2019 encounter.
“I was very surprised at the time as I had just met her but I also sympathised with her after listening to the story of her accidental pregnancy.”
She said the then 23-year-old woman handed her infant over to her a day after giving birth at Hospital Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom in Kluang.
Siti Rahanim said the young mother had not been contactable since then despite her earlier promises to provide documentation for her son.
This meant the boy had no documentation, she added.
“I am no longer healthy, so I have handed over the boy to my (adult) daughter, who is without a child since getting married seven years ago,” she said.
> The daily also reported that since the release of the acclaimed film Mat Kilau a year ago, the hero’s birthplace at a Pahang village has returned to a state of neglect once more.
This comes after efforts to clear the overgrown bush at the site of the house began in July last year with the aim of reconstructing Mat Kilau’s home to be used as a historical landmark.
Kampung Kedondong Village Development and Security Committee chairman Mohd Rozi Rozuki said the proposed reconstruction of Mat Kilau’s house seemed to have been scrapped after the hype surrounding the movie died down.
“When the movie exploded in popularity last year, many state government representatives and dozens of non-governmental organisations came here and promised to provide funds to rebuild Mat Kilau’s home.
“But until today, I have not received any documents or letters regarding the reconstruction of the house,” he said, adding that overgrown bushes had reclaimed the site now.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.
