3 years old girl celebrated her birth day in Malaysia detention center without her beloved mother and family

VOCR
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
March 28, 2009

A 3 years old refugee girl who fled from Burma along with her mother and two siblings was arrested excluding her family members and detained at a detention center in Malaysia. The girl’s name is Sui Tin Sung (DOB: 2nd March 2006)and is daughter of Ms. Ngun Siang Doi (354-07C01436)and Mr. Leng Cung.

It was learned that the girl and her family left Burma because of on going military persecution they faced in their own country. The mother Ms. Ngun Siang Doi brought her three children and came to Malaysia for the safety of their life. The mother revealed that when they arrived to Thailand and Malaysia border, the transporter separated the family member due to lack of space on their van. Her youngest daughter Sui Tin Sung was with a woman who also left Burma with them as the mother was busy enough to take care of other two kids, one girl and one boy.

It was believed that the girl was arrested with other passengers on February 2, 2009 at night time while entering into Malaysia from Thailand.The young girl has been detained bearing prison body number of 1062 for almost two months in a detention center known as “Cempoh” in Malaysia. When she was arrested, the mother said that, she was suffering from rhinitis and scabies. It was also heard that the girl’s health condition was worse in the detention center. The relatives and community leaders try to meet the girl but missed for two times.

The girl’s father, Leng Cung had been resettled to USA a year a go. The mother and her two siblings have been registered by UNHCR.Many refugee family members from Burma had risked their lives in order to have reunification with their family members who are still in their first country of asylum and already in third countries. Numbers of refugee family including children and women have been waiting for their time for registration under the protection of UNHCR office in Malaysia.