DNA findings can support application for citizenship, says Wan Junaidi


KUALA LUMPUR: Results of DNA tests can support applications for citizenship for stateless children, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (pic).

However, he said, the DNA report was not a mandatory document required by the ministry to review an application which was still subjected to the law under section three of the Federal Constitution.

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