Minister sympathises with mums after govt appeals citizenship ruling

Kow Gah ChiePublished: Sep 14, 2021 12:24 AM | Updated: Sep 14, 2021 1:40 AM

Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar has pledged to speak his mind when the issue pertaining to the government's decision to appeal a court verdict on citizenship for overseas-born children of Malaysian mothers and foreign fathers is raised in the cabinet meeting.

"I am sympathetic with them (the six Malaysian mothers who filed the suit in the High Court)," the de facto law minister told Malaysiakini when contacted...

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