Cabinet agrees to citizenship of kids born abroad to M’sian mums

PETALING JAYA: The Cabinet’s nod to the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution, which would enable children born abroad to Malaysian mothers to gain automatic Malaysian citizenship, was announced by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Law and Institutional Reform Minister Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said in a joint statement.

They said the Cabinet had agreed to amend the Federal Constitution, in particular, Section 1(1)(d) and Section 1(1)(e) of Part I in the Second Schedule, and Section 1(b) and Section 1(c) in Part II of the same Schedule.