Lia was a grown woman, not a kid, and she died somewhat mysteriously right before she was going to speak to reporters, IIRC. Or maybe it was right before 0hole was going to visit Indonesia, can’t quite remember.
She was apparently a sort of informal half sister/servant, but exactly what her connection really was is murky. Especially since SAD was not her mother and Lolo not his adoptive father; 0hole was actually living with another Indonesian family, at least some of the time he was in Indo.
Etiquette ping to F.N. in case my memory is not serving me well.
(And there is nothing to connect 0hole with her death, it was just an oddly coincidental “useful” death.)
Her name was Holiyah Soetoro Sobah, age 53, born in 1957. She was the wife of Edi Sobah, age 60. They live in West Java, Indonesia. They had three children: Heni; Marlina, age 27; and Nova Noni, age 25, and four grandchildren. In translated articles Barack Obama is referred to as her “adopted brother” and “foster brother.” The fact she used the name Soetoro certainly is telling. It appears that Lolo and Ann adopted Lia, but there is no documentation for that assumption, just her words in an article. The only knowledge we have about Lia is from one article and her obituaries.
She stated that she received her invitation to the presidential inauguration in a phone call from a close friend of Maya Soetoro, Barack Obama’s half sister. The translation said that a white woman who wears glasses and who she knows by the name of Gelf asked her to attend Obama’s inauguration. Gelf also asked her to be prepared to meet with Barry before hand. Additionally, Lia was told that a woman of status and means would be paying the Rp600.000 for her birth certificate and travel. After receiving the money, she was told to wait for further news about the final plans. Whether Lia came to the USA to attend the festivities in January, 2008 is unknown.
https://wtpotus.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/liaobamas-adopted-sister-died-suddenly/#more-4155