No child should be denied citizenship due to illegitimacy, says Zuraida

PETALING JAYA: The "archaic" Section 17 of the Federal Constitution should be repealed or amended and no child should be deprived of the fundamental right of citizenship on grounds of illegitimacy, says Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin (pic).

The Housing and Local Government Minister raised concerns over the Federal Court's majority decision to deny Malaysian citizenship to an illegitimate child and has vowed to raise the issue in proper channels to ensure the child obtains citizenship.