Make citizenship amendments retroactive to include kids born to M'sian mums overseas previously, says NGO

KUALA LUMPUR: The Citizenship Amendment Bill 2024 must be amended further to be retroactive or it will be meaningless for the current batch of children born overseas to Malaysian mothers who are still non-citizens, says Family Frontiers Malaysia.

At a press conference here Wednesday (June 19), the NGO, representing mothers fighting for equal citizenship for their children, said the government had also not explained why citizenship applications for such children were denied.