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IMAGINE planning for your dream vacation for months, only for your holiday plans to be dashed on the day of your departure.

My colleague Siti Hajar Abdul Rahman experienced just that when Australian authorities denied her a tourist visa. But ironically her four friends plus her husband and son were allowed to board the flight from KLIA on Oct 18.

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Brian Martin

Brian Martin

Brian Martin is the managing editor of The Star.

   

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