This news is about a Malaysian mother who could not hold back her tears when she finally reunited with her own nine-year-old son after being separated for two years. According to a report, this 38-year-old woman named Rose Hu was in a year-long legal battle, fighting for the custody of her son after she and her husband divorced four years ago.
In the month of December 2018, the father had brought their own son to go to Dubai on the pretext of a holiday. Unfortunately, the father stopped responding to all of Hu’s messages soon after they had arrived in the country.
For the total period of two years, Rose Hu has tried many ways that she can think of to reconnect with her one and only child, including filing a legal action at the UAE courts. Sadly, the case was dismissed by the Court of First Instance and also Court of Appeal for being out of their jurisdiction.
Nevertheless, Rose Hu was always persisted and took the case to the Court of Cassation and that is the highest local level court in Dubai. From that, her case was granted a second chance to be tried again by a new panel of judges.
In the month of April 2020, Rose Hu came together with her lawyers at the Al Rowaad Advocates. She, fortunately, won the custody of her own child but then she was met with a new obstacle. The obstacle was that the father had disappeared right after the court ordered him to hand the son over to Rose Hu.
In addition to that, due to the border closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Malaysian mother was not able to fly to the UAE as well. Rose Hu had to wait for another painful three months until the UAE opened the border for tourists in July. Following this, she immediately booked the next available flight and went to Dubai.
After spending a total of five months in Dubai and renewing her visit visa numerous times, Hu finally received good news from the local police on Monday, the 9th of November saying that they have found her most beloved son. Rose Hu said, “Dubai Police called me in the morning saying they found my son. There wasn’t a single night I wasn’t thinking about him and crying, but it’s all over now”. She also added, “I was very happy to finally have him back in my life again”.
Rose Hu also stated that “His grandparents and relatives are all waiting for him. They were asking about him a lot. I told them that I met my son. I want to thank Dubai Police for helping me. Thanks to their hard work and compassion”.
Sources: The National News