The Cabinet had agreed to amend the Federal Constitution to allow children born abroad to Malaysian mothers to gain automatic Malaysian citizenship. Suriani Kempe, President of Family Frontiers tells us what are the next legal hurdles to overcome and why this change in law was much needed.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See, Chong Tjen San

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Categories:  government,  Law/Activism

Tags:  citizenship,  gender equality,  equal rights,