KUCHING: Sarawak will request the Federal Government to revive a special committee on citizenship to address the issue of stateless children, said State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah.
The committee, set up in 2016 by the Barisan Nasional government at the state’s request, had assisted stateless persons in Sarawak by expediting the process of their applications, she said.
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