High Court to hear automatic citizenship suit by six mothers, NGO against govt on Aug 24


PUTRAJAYA: The government has failed in its appeal to strike out a lawsuit filed by a non-governmental organisation and six Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses who are seeking for their children, born abroad, to be given automatic citizenship.

A three-man Court of Appeal bench chaired by Justice Azizah Nawawi dismissed the appeal in a unanimous decision via Zoom proceedings on Friday (Aug 20).

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