The Unfair Discrimination When Conferring Citizenship

YB Kasthuri Patto, Member of Parliament, Batu Kawan

19-Aug-22 07:45

The Unfair Discrimination When Conferring Citizenship

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The Court of Appeal earlier this month overturned the 2021 landmark decision of the High Court in Kuala Lumpur,

which ruled that Malaysian mothers have the same right as Malaysian fathers to confer citizenship by operation of law to children born overseas. We speak to YB Kasthuri Patto, Member of Parliament for Batu Kawan for how we can change the law and why the delay.

Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Philip See

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Categories: government, Law/Activism

Tags: malaysia citizenship, overseas-born children, malaysian mothers, gender discrimination,

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