Eight years on, Malaysian eSports player wins citizenship battle


Muhammad Aiman receives a kiss from his foster parents Ahmad Sidin and Masniah Ramli while holding his Malaysian citizenship certificate outside the National Registration Department building in Putrajaya. - AFP

PUTRAJAYA (AFP): A rising eSports player has won a years-long battle for Malaysian citizenship, a victory that allows him to compete internationally and highlights problems faced by hundreds of thousands of stateless children in the country.

Muhammad Aiman Hafizi Ahmad was part of a team competing in the popular PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG), which pits participants against each other in a virtual fight to the death.

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