Of citizenship and constitutional awareness

IT was recently reported that the Government had revoked the passports of Ali Abd Jalil and Alvin Tan. The two individuals are in Sweden and the United States of America respectively, trying to gain political asylum from what they claim to be political persecution against them.

Many learned persons have questioned the legality of this move by the Government. They say that there is no express provision for the Government to revoke the passports of citizens in any of the relevant laws.