KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Conference of Rulers had wanted tighter conditions for the awarding of Malaysian citizenship, and the Malaysian government had sought to balance both...
Home minister cites 3.5 million foreigners as reason to stop automatic citizenship for permanent residents’ kids, insists won’t make them stateless
In his speech while tabling the Bill for the second reading, Saifuddin Nasution said the Bill’s origins could be traced back to the government’s response towards a court case filed by Malaysian mothers who wanted their overseas-born children to be entitled to automatic Malaysian citizenship. “The awarding of Malaysian citizenship status is the highest award provided for clearly by the country’s highest law which is the Federal Constitution.
He added that the Conference of Rulers then gave its assent to the government’s Bill, and that the rulers’ assent was given with the expressed wish “for the awarding of citizenship status needing to come with tighter and responsible conditions”. He said the assessment and balancing of both security and humanitarian aspects were made on several proposed citizenship amendments, especially those involving children.
He gave the commitment of clearing off a backlog of 14,000 citizenship applications under the Federal Constitution’s Article 15A — relied on by those such as foundlings, children born out of wedlock to Malaysian fathers, adopted children — by year-end.the Bill intends to no longer allow permanent residents’ children born in Malaysia to be entitled to Malaysian citizenship automatically, giving an estimate of 3.
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