KUCHING: The Sarawak Legislative Assembly passed a constitutional amendment to prevent non-Sarawakians from seeking election to the state legislature.
Despite objections from the opposition, the amendment was passed on the second attempt after the original Bill was tabled and deferred on Tuesday, due to ambiguities over defining “resident in the state” in Article 16 according to Section 71 of the Immigration Act.
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