Unbelievable question on skin colour

ACCORDING to an online news portal, Perikatan Nasional’s Maran MP, Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib, submitted the following written question in Malaysia’s Parliament last week: “Is it true the government intends to grant recognition to citizens born after independence without taking into account skin colour? If true, what is the rationale?”

In reply, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said: “Every citizenship application received is processed and examined accordingly based on the conditions and laws that apply without distinction of ancestry or the skin colour of the applicant.”