NRD refutes claims 54,000 Chinese nationals granted citizenship


PETALING JAYA: The National Registration Department (NRD) has refuted claims that some 54,000 Chinese nationals are granted Malaysian citizenship to become "DAP voters”.

It clarified that the statement made by Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail in January this year had been manipulated.

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