Woman’s stares led to reunion with biological parents

[struggle4progress]

By MARSHA TAN

JOHOR BARU: Eight years ago Zulhaidi Omar noticed he was getting frequent stares from a particular Chinese girl at a supermarket in Batu Pahat where he worked ...

“The girl who was always looking at me was actually my elder sister who suspected that I was her brother because of my striking resemblance to our father.”

Yesterday, the family highlighted their plight to the media because they wanted to change Zulhaidi’s name to a Chinese name, as well as his religion on his identification card to Buddhism instead of Islam ...

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/3/nation/16770474&sec=nation

Monday, February 05, 2007
Ethnic Chinese-Malaysian swapped at birth, seeks to renounce Islam (4 p.m.)

KUALA LUMPUR -- An ethnic Chinese Malaysian who was mistakenly handed to a Malay Muslim couple at birth in a hospital mix-up said Monday he is seeking to renounce Islam and acquire a Chinese name.

Predominantly Muslim Malaysia's constitution does not allow Muslims to renounce their religion, and doing so is considered apostasy - punishable by jail in several states ...

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/net/2007/02/05/ethnic.chinese.malaysian.swapped.at.birth.seeks.to.renounce.islam.(4.p.m.).html

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

1. Wow ...

it was destined for him to find the truth.

[bananas]

2. Like something from Ripley's Believe It Or Not. nt

[bananas]

3. Uh-oh...

"We did not notice anything when the baby was brought home but one month later, we sensed that something was amiss because the baby was darker and did not look like any of us."

And it wasn't articulate at all - kept saying "goo-goo" and "waa-waa".

:) :hi:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

4. I think he may be allowed to convert

because he isn't Malay at all. And since the country allows freedom of religion.....om mani padme hung