Saturday, Dec 08, 2012
IPOH - A 46-year-old housewife, who was given to a Malay family by her parents when she was five days old, is yearning to meet her Chinese biological parents.
Norbai'ah Mohamed (Yia Ah Heng) was born at the Bukit Panjang Maternity Home in Singapore on April 10, 1966. Her mother was identified as Boo Moi Tiang and her father, Yia Hui.
"I believe I was handed over to my adopted parents in Johor," she said at a press conference called by Perak MCA public services and complaints bureau chairman Datuk Lee Kon Hin here yesterday.
Norbai'ah, who is married with three children, only knew she was an adopted child during the akad nikad ceremony in Johor in 1992.
She said she asked her adopted parents -- Mohamed Sirim and Hasnah Abd Manan, both of whom were now dead -- several times as to who her biological parents were.
She said her parents showed her the original birth certificate issued in Singapore. "I was a bit sad about it but finally accepted it."
Mohamed, who died in 2005 at the age of 73, used to work with the Magnolia factory in Singapore while Hasnah, who died in 2004 at the age of 65, was a former religious school teacher in Johor.
Norbai'ah now lives with her businessman husband, Abdul Salam Abdullah, 38, in Bandar Meru Raya, Ipoh.
"I am now eager to locate my biological parents," said Norbai'ah, who has tried several times to locate them but failed.
Lee hoped the news reports would be picked up in Singapore. Anyone with information can contact him at 012-5151178.
Read more: Woman wants to meet biological parents - General - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/woman-wants-to-meet-biological-parents-1.182925#ixzz2ERh1e9rb
