IPOH: The High Court here will decide on the citizenship application of a stateless five-year-old girl born in the country to a Malaysian father and a Chinese national mother on Oct 25.
Justice Abdul Wahab Mohamed set the date after hearing submissions from Ong Yu Shin, Ooi Keng Liang and Datuk Nicholas Kow, the lawyers representing the child.Ong told the court yesterday that the originating summons was filed in December 2019 according to Section 14 1(a) and 1(e) of the Federal Constitution as the child, born in Ipoh on June 24, 2016, is “stateless” and does not hold citizenship or a passport from any country, including Malaysia.
