KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — The National Human Rights Commission today again urged the government not to press ahead with the proposed amendments of constitutional provisions regarding citizenship, in a rare press conference held to warn policymakers of the immense harm the changes could do to children.
Suhakam's objection is centred on the proposed amendment to Section 19B Part III of the Second Schedule, which it said would remove a provision that gives foundlings near-automatic citizenship and shift that power to the home minister instead.
"This is the problem, because when applying they may not be told the grounds of rejection or status of application. This can go on for years and years," she said at the press conference. "Generally, the concern we have is this: look this is what he has done and approved 10,000 applications this year and last year. We are happy with that but the concern we have is that there is a serious trust deficit with the NRD," Ragunath said.
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