KOTA KINABALU: The government is urged to amend the law to include conferring citizenship to adopted children born abroad following the landmark court decision that children born to Malaysian mothers abroad have the right to citizenship.
MCA deputy secretary-general Dr Pamela Yong, who hailed the decision as affirming Malaysian women’s status and rights as being equal to Malaysian men, said it was also time to consider enacting or amending legislation to allow citizenship to be conferred on illegitimate or adopted children born abroad.
