Why Malaysia-born illegitimate children with foreign mothers are stateless
, which he said makes it clear that Malaysia-born children who do not obtain citizenship from any other country within a year of their birth are Malaysian citizens.
Mah said NRD should invite and consider applications for the recognition of citizenship under Section 1 by providing forms or avenues for such applications, but noted: “To my knowledge, they do not currently do that. Hence, the only option is to take the matter to court.” Other than the Section 1 route, Mah highlighted that the child can be entitled to citizenship by operation of law if the parents subsequently register their marriage after the child’s birth.
Lawyer Ranee Sreedharan said the Court of Appeal had decided in a case that a child was legitimated when her parents married later and that she could rely on her Malaysian father’s citizenship status. — Picture by Ida LimLarissa questioned the lack of gender equality when it is insisted that illegitimate children have to take their mother’s citizenship, despite the guarantee of equality and non-discrimination to Malaysians under Article 8 of the Federal Constitution.
“Because most of the time the mother is the foreigner hence why they will say the child is NOT stateless because can get from the mother. But in reality, the child has always been in Malaysia and so has the foreign mother,” she said. Maalini said the government should either carry out law reforms, or completely drop the reliance on provisions that perpetuate gender inequality and cause statelessness.
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