Good news: Chen with Kong showing off her new MyKad. — THOMAS YONG/The Star
JOHOR BARU: For 23 years, Chen Pau Yee lived as a stateless person, unable to enjoy the basic rights most Malaysians take for granted.
Without citizenship and a MyKad, simple things like enrolling in public school or seeking medical care became a constant struggle – all because she was born to an unwed Malaysian father and a Thai national mother.
