Don't wait for media exposure to solve stateless children issue - MP

Published: Apr 30, 2022 2:48 AM | Updated: Apr 30, 2022 9:31 AM

Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching lauded Putrajaya's decision to grant Rohana Abdullah citizenship but reminded the government that many stateless children are facing the same predicament.

Rohana, 22, was fortunate to receive the personal attention of Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin after the story of her being raised as a Muslim by her adoptive Chinese Malaysian mother was highlighted...

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