Seremban (Malaysia), Aug.4 (ANI): A 60-year-old Malay woman has expressed her distress over being forcefully separated from her Indian son again.
P. Lachemy reportedly has a day left to ensure that her son R. Prabakaran, 33, who was born in India, is not sent back.
His application to renew his social visit pass was rejected recently, the Star reports.
Lachemy married an Indian national over three decades ago and had a son in India. She was forced to return home in 1978, as she could not endure her husband's physical abuse.
She had to leave two-month-old Prabakaran behind.
For 20 years, Lachemy of Kg Jawa in Klang, had no contact with Prabakaran and had to rely on relatives for news about him.
Then in 2000, Prabakaran came for a visit after his father passed away.
He returned to Malaysia again in 2001 on a social visit pass and has since been renewing his permit half-yearly to stay and look after Lachemy who is a diabetic.
Lachemy, a cleaner who earns RM330 a month said she could not bear the thought of being separated again.
"We only have each other and at my age and medical condition, I don't understand why the authorities will not allow him to stay," she told The Star.
Malaysian Public Service Society (MPSS) president Andrew Raju, who is helping the pair, said such cases should be viewed on a case-by-case basis.
"Instead of keeping a family together, we are separating them. No child of a Malaysian citizen should be subjected to such uncertainty, especially considering the circumstances. His mother is sick and aged, so shouldn't the authorities be more sympathetic?" he asked. (ANI)
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