A feeling of melancholia arose in former ustazah Mika (not her real name) upon hearing the Hari Raya Aidilfitri “Takbir” as she reminisced the faces of her children and family celebrating the first day of Syawal today.

Mika, 34, said although she is undergoing the Institutional Treatment and Rehabilitation (RPDI) programme for two to three years at the Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (Puspen) in Bachok, the experience of being separated from her loved ones is very painful but necessary for her...