State gives helping hand to those with citizenship issues


Kinderjit (seated) with her son Kadhminder Singh, 15, (left) seeking help from an official during the Penang Citizenship Programme at a restaurant in Kepala Batas, Penang.

SINGLE mother Kinderjit from Punjab, India, has been living in Malaysia for the past 20 years but she is still unable to obtain a Malaysian permanent residence (PR).

According to the 42-year-old, the main reason her applications were rejected was because she was not fluent in Bahasa Malaysia.

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