MCRA requests meeting with PM on proposed citizenship law amendments

KUCHING: The Malaysian Citizenship Rights Alliance (MCRA) is urgently requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and the Cabinet to discuss proposed amendments to citizenship laws before final decisions are made. While expressing support for the government’s intention to grant Malaysian mothers equal rights to confer citizenship on their overseas-born children, the […]

Need to amend citizenship laws

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan has urged lawmakers to amend citizenship laws to be clear and direct in granting automatic citizenship to children born in Malaysia. She noted that adoption and citizenship laws were complex and very restrictive, but said that she could not help but feel disappointed to […]