KUALA LUMPUR: The law should be amended to allow citizenship to be automatically conferred to children born abroad to Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses, says Datuk Heng Seai Kie.
The Wanita MCA chief, in her speech at the Wanita Barisan Nasional convention on Sunday (Aug 14), noted that children born overseas to Malaysian fathers with foreign spouses are allowed citizenship – but not to those born abroad to Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses.
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