Court to decide on children’s citizenship issue

KUALA LUMPUR: The Court of Appeal has set Aug 5 to deliver its verdict on the appeal by the government to overturn a landmark ruling that allows automatic citizenship to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers married to foreigners.

The decision was announced by a three-member Bench chaired by Justice Kamaludin Md Said, who sat with Justices Azizah Nawawi and S. Nantha Balan.