Kept apart by MCO, Malaysian mothers long to be reunited with foreign spouses, children
Monday, 04 May 2020 06:31 AM MYTThe Foreign Spouses Support Group has urged the Immigration Department to adopt short-term measures to allow Malaysian families with mixed nationalities to be together. — Reuters pic
“Also,I found out that if my child is born in Hong Kong, it would be difficult for my child to obtain a Malaysian citizenship. So when I heard about the Malaysian movement control order on March 16, I immediately took a flight on my own the next day on March 17, and returned back to Malaysia first, as my tummy will be getting bigger and I would not be allowed to fly out.
Her twins, both of whom are Thai citizens, were enrolled in a Thai school and live with their grandmother. “Normally they come to Malaysia with a 30-day pass. They are eight-years-old and are studying in Thailand. They finished their Primary Two schooling there, early of March. She is hoping to visit her two young children and husband, Yoshi, in Johor Baru at least once a month but doing so would cost her two-weeks of isolation as all Malaysian returnees must spend 14-days at designated quarantine centres.
She is hoping that both Singapore and Malaysia reach an arrangement to facilitate working mothers like her in the republic return to meet their children who are across the Causeway. “I planned to go to Malaysia, but this Covid-19 situation and country movement restrictions are giving me a difficult time.
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