Envoy doubts citizenship- for-votes claim


PETALING JAYA: Bangladesh High Commis-sioner A.K.M. Atiqur Rahman has expressed his doubts about the possibility of Bangladeshi workers being conferred citizenship status in exchange for voting for the ruling Government in the next general election.

“I have not seen the website but I don't think that such a thing can be true,” he said when contacted.

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