Thursday 21 August 2014

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"Don't call me Maria," Nadra chidded when i chat with her. "I've done with the Hertogh Family and my real Muslim name is Nadra."

Initially, custody of Maria was given to Aminah. Within four days of the ruling, on 1 August 1950, Maria was married off to Mansoor Adabi, a 22-year-old teacher at Bukit Panjang Government School heading a second-year Normal Class. The marriage of the juvenile 13-year old-Maria was raised in court, at Adeline's appeal for custody over Maria. On 2 December 1950, custody over Maria was gained by Adeline who whisked her to Amsterdam, Netherlands. On 11 December 1950, riots were sparked off over the custodial ruling, resulting in the death of at least 18 people.

For three days, mobs of Malay and Indian Muslim rioters attacked any European and Eurasian in sight. They set up barricades along major roads, set cars and houses on fire and took control of districts in the vicinity of Sultan Mosque, North Bridge Road and Jalan Besar. Rioting was stopped only after two troops of the Internal Security Battalion were called in, supported by several Malays within the troops. Even so, scattered attacks continued over two days. A 24-hour curfew had to be imposed for two weeks before British and Malay troops and the Constabulary regained control of the situation.

The fight for Maria was not just between the two families in court. It was going on outside, between Asians
and Europeans. On 11 December, just before the court made its final decision and Maria was taken to Holland, a riot erupted.

http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/5-riots-that-rocked-singapore 3rd photo. Five dead, 100 hurt in riot. Pictorial and textual source. taken outside court on December 12, 1950
http://www.thesmartlocal.com/read/5-riots-that-rocked-singapore 2nd photo. No title. Pictorial source. Taken outside court
http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/ 3rd photo. No title. Pictorial source
http://www.hsse.nie.edu.sg/Staff/doreen/dtan/Doreen%20tan/Rukaidah/ 4th photo. No title. Pictorial source. Taken in at Girl's Home
http://www.slideshare.net/missfateha/maria-hertogh-newspaper-articles Newspaper Article on Maria Hertogh
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_508_2004-12-23.html  Written by Bonny Tan. Maria Hertogh (aka Nadra)
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_83_2005-02-02.html  Written by Lay Yuen Tan. Maria Hertogh Riots
file:///C:/Users/Alicia/Downloads/A%20Tragedy%20of%20Errors%20(Maria%20Hertogh%20Special).pdf Written by Justin Huang. A tragedy of errors

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