PM urged to order AG to withdraw govt appeal
Automatic entitlement to Malaysian citizenship KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) wants Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to urgently intervene by instructing Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun to withdraw the government’s appeal against the High Court’s decision allowing children born abroad to Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses to be automatically entitled to […]
Citizenship Ruling: A relief to mothers
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has welcomed the Kuala Lumpur High Court’s landmark decision declaring that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are entitled by operation of law to be citizens of Malaysia. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said she also felt the pain and […]
Children born abroad to Malaysian mothers entitled for citizenship, court rules
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court, in a landmark decision today, declared that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are married to foreigners are entitled by operation of law to be citizens of Malaysia. Counsel Datuk Dr Gurdial Singh Nijar when contacted by Bernama said Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir ruled that Part II of the […]
Glad Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship is revived
KUCHING: Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has thanked the federal government for having approved the reinstatement of the Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship (SSCOC) which will assist undocumented children when they apply for Malaysian citizenship. Its secretary general Libat Langub said in a statement on Friday (Apr 9) that the SSCOC will be […]
Ministry to help rural folk in citizenship matters
KUCHING: The Home Affairs Ministry will assist the rural communities in citizenship matters via the Menyemai Kasih Rakyat (Mekar) programme, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Mohamed Said. “We will go to the ground together with our mobile unit, our mobile bus, to help the people in the rural areas,” he said in […]
Not easy to get citizenship
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is a sovereign country that will not give citizenship easily, including to stateless children, according to Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. He said being born in the country does not entitle a person to automatically obtain Malaysian citizenship. The citizenship status of an individual is determined on the basis of the […]
