Kuala Lampur, May 11 -- "If your ability to live with your children has an expiry date, what would you do-walk away, or fight to stay?"

This is not a hypothetical question. It is the devastating reality faced by many non-Malaysian mothers raising Malaysian children. Following divorce or the death of a Malaysian husband, their spouse visas are abruptly revoked. Their already limited path to Permanent Residence vanishes and they are left scrambling for legal options-while raising Malaysian children who have every right to be here.

These women are left to navigate a complex system alone, all while carrying the full weight of single parenthood. They are raising their Malaysian children who are citizens of this country - children who belong ...