Obama's Half-Sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng On A 6-Day Visit To Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 (Bernama) -- Education specialist and half-sister of US president Barack Obama, Dr Maya Soetoro-Ng is visiting Malaysia from Wednesday until June 11, as part of the East-West Centre delegation from the United States. The four-member delegation also comprised the Centre's president Dr Charles Morrison, Board Member Puongpun Sananikone, and director for the education programme Dr Terrence Bigalke, a statement from the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia said, Wednesday. During her visit here, Dr Soetoro-Ng is scheduled to call on Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak and wife Rosmah Mansor as well as Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. She will also hold discussions on education and meet with students and academics from Majlis Amanah Rakyat (Mara) college and PERMATApintar, among others. While in Kuala Lumpur, she will launch a collection of 20 Indonesian batik pieces belonging to her late mother at the Islamic Arts Museum. Her visit is organised by the East-West Centre and hosted by ISIS Malaysia in cooperation with Daim Zainuddin's office and the embassy of the United States here. -- BERNAMA