Yeaw thinks it is unfair that Malaysian mothers can't have the same rights as Malaysian fathers to confer citizenship on their children born abraod. Photos: Yap Chee Hong/The Star
Karen Yeaw is exhausted and just plain fed up. For the past six years, the Malaysian mother has tried unsuccessfully to get her daughter Valene, who was born in China in 2012, registered as a Malaysian citizen. But her applications have all been turned down.
She was not told why her child cannot get Malaysian citizenship; she was just advised to “try again”.
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