Amanda’s 8-year struggle ends “All I want is tomorrow”

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Through her father, Amanda shares her longing for a future as authorities move to secure the HIV treatment she was once denied.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/08/27/amandas-8-year-struggle-ends-all-i-want-is-tomorrow  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews #AmandaMeiChu #DominicDamian #HIVTreatment

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00:01For eight long years, Amanda May Chu lived in uncertainty.

00:06Her tomorrow was never guaranteed.

00:10But today, she has hope again.

00:13Her father, Dominic Damien, says Amanda told him,

00:17All I want is tomorrow. I want to live.

00:21It was the clearest thing she had said to him in years.

00:24And it came just hours after an FMT report on her plight

00:28sparks swift action from the authorities.

00:31The Health Ministry, the Malaysian AIDS Council,

00:34and the Malaysian AIDS Foundation have pledged to restore her treatment

00:38and even assist with her citizenship.

00:41This morning, Amanda is set to be examined at Sungaibulo Hospital,

00:45a decisive step forward after nearly a decade without specialist care.

00:51For Dominic, the relief is immense.

00:54He says Amanda's strength lies in her will to hold on,

00:58even through the darkest nights.

01:00She told him,

01:01I want to heal.

01:03I want to belong.

01:05And now, for the first time in years,

01:07that tomorrow she longs for feels within reach.

01:11Frankie D'Cruz and Natasha Bust, FMT.

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