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| jannah |
| 10/04/02 at 10:16:56 |
| RETIREE,74,SEEKS SON IN US By: Siow Yuen Ching PENANG: A 74-year-old retired factory worker from Parit Buntar is looking for his son Hashim Lee Abdullah, 42,who is believed to be working as a religious teacher in Washington in the United States. Lee thun Seng said the family had lost touch with his son because they misplaced his letters and correspondencd address when they shifted house about a decade ago. " The last letter we received from him was about 10 years ago from Washington," he told a press conference called by state MCA Public Complaints Bureau chief Ooi ChuanAik yesterday. Lee said his son, whose Chinese name is Lee Kean Sing, converted to Islam when he was studying at the Technical Institute here in the late 1970s. He added that his son had left home when he was a bout 17 years old and had studied here in Kuala Lumpur before leaving for Pakistan to further his studies in 1977. " When he was overseas, he often sent letters and and photographs of his family," he said adding that his son married an Italisn girl,Fatimah and have three children, Husayn,18, fatimah and Ali,13. " My son was a very bright religious student and he is also quite fluent in the Arabic language," he said. Hashim's mother Ng Kwi Heong,72, also expressed concern over her son's safety in the United States after the Sept 11 incident. The Lees have seven sons and six daughters.hashim is the fifth child. " We really miss him a lot and we also hope to see our grandchildren," Ng added. Ooi said he would be writing to the Malaysian embassy in the United States to assist in locating Hashim and his family. Anyone with information on Hashim can call the bureau at 04- 22840192/2284 167. The Star. **MCA - Malaysian Chinese Association |
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| AyeshaZ |
| 10/04/02 at 10:56:23 |
Asalamu alykum, May Allah(swt) unite the family. ameen |
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