ADUN SPEAKS | Minister's statement as good as 'no' to stateless folk

ADUN SPEAKS | Minister, please understand the issue before speaking up! I welcome the statement issued by our Minister of Home Affairs Hamzah Zainudin to resolve the issue of statelessness within one year, with a condition that those who are stateless must submit proper documents and evidence to prove that they were born in Malaysia, or that their parents are Malaysians.

Minister, stop beating around the bush. Your statement is as good as saying "no" to their applications. Your statement shows that you don't understand the real problem behind this issue.

The issue you are talking about has already been on the table for the past 50 years. Your government was the ruling government in that period and the current prime minister was the home minister during the Pakatan Harapan federal administration. What was he doing for those 22 months?

I'm overseeing the MySel operation in Selangor where this unit has been working tirelessly to resolve many IC/BC and stateless issues within our capacity. I'm proud to say, we have successfully resolved hundreds of cases where we have brightened the future of many families.

However, there are thousands of files seeking citizenship still pending and lying in my office due to high levels of bureaucracy. We know exactly the...