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After citizenship U-turn, govt urged to tackle stateless Sabahans

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PETALING JAYA: Human rights commissioners of Suhakam have hailed the government’s decision to drop plans to cancel automatic citizenship for foundlings or abandoned children and called for action on indigenous Sabahans deprived of citizenship.

The government’s decision to retain foundlings’ rights was “fantastic news” and a significant win for children’s rights, said Suhakam children’s commissioner, Farah Nini Dusuki, who is a law lecturer at Universiti Malaya.Suhakam commissioner K Ragunath said the minister must make regulations for the national registration department to follow.

Farah said the minister should also maintain the minimum age to apply for citizenship at 21 instead of lowering it to 18, and tackle the issue of indigenous Sabahans deprived of citizenship.She said some Sabahans from rural areas were only permanent residents, despite being born in Malaysia. She added that these Sabahans should have their citizenship applications expedited.

The Malaysian Citizenship Rights Alliance urged the home ministry to drop or defer the constitutional amendment on the registration of permanent residents of Sabah and Sarawak, and to keep the minimum age for citizenship applications at 21.

 

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