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Appeals court affirms citizenship for stateless man in Sabah

The Court of Appeal, in a majority judgment, rules that Wong Kueng Hui is entitled to Malaysian citizenship under article 14 of the Federal Constitution. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 19, 2022.

THE Court of Appeal in a 2-1 majority decision ruled that the 27-year-old man who was born in Sabah to a Sarawak father and a mother believed to be from Indonesia, is entitled to Malaysian citizenship. Judge Che Mohd Ruzima Ghazali, who delivered the majority ruling, said Wong Kueng Hui has fulfilled article 14 of the Federal Constitution, read together with the second schedule, part II under section 1of the Federal Constitution, to be granted the status of citizenship by operation of law.

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