PUTRAJAYA: The government has failed in its appeal to strike out a lawsuit filed by a non-governmental organisation and six Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses who are seeking for their children, born abroad, to be given automatic citizenship.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 ― The Malaysian government has failed for the second time in its attempt to quash a lawsuit by several Malaysian mothers seeking for their children born abroad to automatically become Malaysian citizens. This follows a Court of Appeal virtual hearing held today on the.
Six Malaysian mothers are seeking to challenge provisions in the Constitution that they claim are sexist and deny them equal rights to confer citizenship on their children.
Published on: Friday, May 07, 2021
By: Bernama
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Members of Family Frontiers hold up placards demanding equal citizenship rights for Malaysians at the Kuala Lumpur High Court. (Malay Mail)
Kuala Lumpur: The government failed in its bid to have the court throw out a lawsuit filed by a civil society and six Malaysian women who are married to foreigners for their overseas-born children to have the right to become Malaysian citizens.
High Court Judge Datuk Akhtar Tahir, in dismissing an application by the Attorney-General Chambers (AGC) to strike out the lawsuit, rejected the government’s argument that the court case was frivolous.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government today failed in its bid to have the court throw out a lawsuit filed by a civil society and six Malaysian women who are ma.