Have a heart for the stateless, foreign spouses and refugees


IT is indeed heartening to know that Rohana Abdullah may soon get Malaysian citizenship after her plight as a stateless person caught the attention of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

But why must it take a call from the PM before action is taken by the relevant authorities to deal with the issue of statelessness that Rohana and tens of thousands of others born in Malaysia are currently facing?

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