Forum calls for gender-equal citizenship rights


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2019

PETALING JAYA: A group has called on the government to make an amendment to the Federal Constitution to enable automatic citizenship for children born overseas to Malaysian women.

The Foreign Spouses Support Group has advocated an amendment to Article 14 that touches on citizenship, saying that it discriminates on the basis of gender.

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