Rafizi to make police report over PAS' claim that 54,000 Chinese nationals receiving citizenship


PETALING JAYA: Economy Minister Rafizi Ramli says he will be filing a police report against a social media post made by PAS claiming that 54,000 Chinese nationals are in the process of being given Malaysian citizenship.

"I will be speaking with Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail so that we can file a police report against this post because it is clearly criminal defamation and a lie to say that these Chinese nationals are in the process of receiving citizenship.

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