Government agencies have a legal responsibility towards ALL children in Malaysia

WE are writing this on Easter morning, April 10, 2023. Easter is a time of hope and we have been reflecting on a recent marvellous, wonderful and just High Court ruling. The High Court judgment by Justice Datuk Noorin Badaruddin finally acknowledges what the Child Act 2001 has been "saying” all these decades, that ALL children in Malaysia are protected and covered under the Act and deserve our protection. This means that ALL non-citizen children are also protected by law in the country.

We are delighted that the government of the day has chosen not to contest this ruling but decided to withdraw its appeal. This is the only humane, just and right thing to do, and gives us an Easter gift of hope.