MALAYSIA: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN WITH ADOPTED CHILDREN - THE LATEST A MONTH-OLD CHINESE GIRL

Record ID: 174505

  • Title: MALAYSIA: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN WITH ADOPTED CHILDREN - THE LATEST A MONTH-OLD CHINESE GIRL
  • Date: 11th February 1966
  • Summary: 1. LS TUNKU'S RESIDENCE. 0.03 2. CU TUNKU. 0.08 3. MCU SERVANT HANDS OVER CHINESE BABY TO MARIAM. 0.15 4. CU PAN TUNKU TO MARIAN HOLDING BABY. 0.20 5. MS MARIAN HANDS BABY TO FOSTER MOTHER (PUAN SHARIFAH). 0.28 6. CU PUAN SHARIFAH PAN TO MARIAN, ZAIDI AND TUNKU. 0.33 7. MCU SYED ABDULLAH (TALLEST), SULAIMAN PAN TO PUAN SHARIFAH CRADLING CHILD. 0.36 8. MLS TUNKU AND WIFE POSE WITH ADOPTED CHILDREN. 0.41 Initials RM/V/WH/K Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 26th February 1966 12:00
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  • Location: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Reuters ID: LVA67J15QGMJJI2SSF5Y8MAGJ6A3
  • Story Text: ONE OF THE LESSER-KNOWN ROLES OF MALAYSIA'S PRIME MINISTER, TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN, IS BEING FATHER TO SIX ADOPTED CHILDREN - TWO MALAYS AND THREE CHINESE. THE LATEST CHILD TO BE TAKEN INTO HIS KUALA LUMPUR HOME IS A ONE-MONTH OLD CHINESE BABY GIRL.

    FARIDAH'S MOTHER, MADAM SAW POH CHOO, HAS KNOWN THE TUNKU AND HIS WIFE, PUAN SHARIFAH RODZIAH, A LONG TIME. SHE ALREADY HAS SEVERAL CHILDREN OF HER OWN AND HER MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IS "A GIFT OF LOVE" TO THE TUNKU ON HIS 63RD BIRTHDAY, WHICH HE CELEBRATED LAST TUESDAY.

    THE TUNKU HAS TWO OTHER CHILDREN BY HIS MARRIAGE -- A SON AND DAUGHTER, BOTH OF WHOM ARE MARRIED. HIS ADOPTED CHILDREN INCLUDE MARIAM, A 13-YEAR-OLD CHINESE GIRL; ZAIDI BIN SULONG, A 17-YEAR-OLD MALAY BOY, SYED ABDULLAH, A MALAY AGED 26, AND SULAIMAN, AN 11-YEAR-OLD CHINESE. THE TUNKU SAYS HE'D LIKE TO ADOPT MORE CHILDREN.
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