PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has granted Malaysian citizenship to a 17-year-old teenager who was born in a hospital in Kuala Lumpur to an unknown mother and adopted by a Malaysian couple.
Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, who chaired a five-member bench, said the child was entitled to Malaysian citizenship by virtue of his birth within the Federation of Malaysia under Article 14(1)(b), Section 1(a) of Part II of the Second Schedule of the Federal Constitution, read together with Section 19B of Part III.
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