ALL that needs to be done is to insert two words – “or mother” – to clause 1(b) and clause 1(c) of Part II of the Second Schedule of the Federal Constitution, and citizenship would be accorded to children born overseas to Malaysian mothers married to non-Malaysian spouses, “Azalina files motion seeking to amend citizenship law for children born overseas” (The Star, Sept 19; online at https://bit.ly/3eWcg4I).
Pengerang Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Azalina Othman and four Opposition MPs have filed a motion to table a private member’s bill to get it done.
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