PETALING JAYA, July 17 -- Local actress Datin Seri Umie Aida showed off her newly adopted baby girl, Aisya to a special audience earlier this morning when the toddler was brought to meet Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Umie and her husband, businessman Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan, who is also Anwar Ibrahim's cousin, hold the first couple in high regard, and wasted no time in bringing their new baby girl over to meet them.

Umie tried to put on a show for Dr Mahathir and Dr Siti Hasmah with her acting skills, as she pretended to be recovering from a pregnancy.

"I tried to walk like I had just given birth, and I even told Tun Siti that it has only been 30 days since I gave birth.

"She didn't seem interested, instead she just...