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How TikTok video reunited long-lost twins after 20 years

The two were separated at birth [Photo: Courtesy]

A pair of twins, who were separated for two decades by a brutal conflict, have been reunited in an emotional meeting after a neighbour noticed their resemblance on TikTok. In a 'Parent Trap' like scenario, 24-year-old Trena Mustika grew up with her father, never knowing she had a twin sister.

The twins were reunited for the first time since 1999 after bloody sectarian conflicts broke out on a small Indonesian island. The parents, Enceng Dedi and Enok Rohenah, decided to relocate to different parts of the country after the conflict and each took one of the twins with them. Both parents never spoke again.

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