KUALA LUMPUR, April 11 -- Registered under the wrong parents when she was born in Johor, a 38-year-old woman ended up living as a stateless person for 38 years, even though she should actually be a Malaysian.

But she is now recognised as a Malaysian, after the National Registration Department (NRD) recently helped correct an error in her birth certificate.

Referred to as D to protect her identity, she described her feelings when she received a revised birth certificate stating that she is a Malaysian citizen.

"I feel as if I am reborn! And free of all feelings of worry," she told Malay Mail when contacted via her lawyer.

The first thing she wants to do as a Malaysian is to own a bank account.

How did D become stateless?

Here's D's s...