Court to hear govt’s move to block decision to grant citizenship for overseas-born children | The Malaysian Insight

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Court to hear govt’s move to block decision to grant citizenship for overseas-born children

The government is applying for a stay on judge Akhtar Tahir’s ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian mothers have the same rights to citizenship as those born to Malaysian fathers. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 27, 2021.

THE High Court in Kuala Lumpur today fixed November 15 to hear the government’s application for a stay of the court’s ruling that children born overseas to Malaysian women married to foreigners are entitled to be citizens of Malaysia. Counsel Joshua Andran, who confirmed the matter when contacted by Bernama, said the date was fixed during a case management before deputy registrar Maslinda Selamat.

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