Proposed amendments on citizenship laws will affect ‘stateless’ Sabah natives, says NGO

Tabias meeting with Advocates for Non-discrimination and Access to Knowledge (Anak) led by Anne Baltazar in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: Tabias Yarun, an ethnic native from Sabah's interior Tenom district, has been applying for Malaysian citizenship for over a decade but has had little success.

Tabias, who holds a Malaysian "permanent resident" red identity card, has made a third attempt to obtain Malaysian citizenship.