Citizenship gets a constitutional makeover

PUTRAJAYA: Proposed constitutional amendments related to citizenship would include one that would stop the current practice of granting citizenship to the children of permanent residents in Sabah, says Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

The Home Minister said the government felt that this practice – introduced years ago through a National Security Council (NSC) decision – should stop, adding that this was among the causes of the rise in the state’s population.