‘If Rohana’s mother is Indonesian, we will find a solution’ - envoy

Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Hermono responded to Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin’s Facebook post, offering 22-year-old Rohana Abdullah, who has remained stateless in Malaysia, a solution to her current predicament.

In a comment on Hamzah’s Facebook post on Jan 16, Hermono (above), who goes by a single name, said “YB Datuk Seri, if it is true that Rohana’s mother is an Indonesian citizen, the embassy will find a solution so that she will have an identity for the sake of her future. Thank you, Datuk Seri, for your concern.”

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