Stateless senior stuck at home


Family care: Yong massaging her mother’s forehead in the living room.

JOHOR BARU: For the past few days, 85-year-old Wong How Lan has been battling Covid-19 in her daughter’s living room as she is too ill to eat or drink without help.

Her 54-year-old daughter, Maggie Yong, who is taking care of her, said that despite her mother’s worsening condition, she cannot be admitted to a government hospital because she is stateless.

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