KUALA LUMPUR: Over 9,000 young people below 21 years, born of marriages between Malaysians and foreigners, are waiting to be recognised as citizens.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said, however, that some of the children and youths were not “stateless” because they held citizenships of the country of origin of one of their parents.
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