After 50 years of waiting, a senior citizen in Parit Buntar in northern Perak, who lost his identity card when he was a teenager, finally received the document yesterday.

Mat Sani Awang, 75, said he lost his identity card after the passing of his parents in 1962.

“I grew up with a foster family and I did not know how to apply for a replacement until my story went viral on social media...